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NTP Sues Six Major Tech Companies Over Wireless Email Patents
rgraham writes "NTP, the same company that sued and eventually settled with RIM for $612.5 million over an IP dispute, has now sued Apple, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft and Motorola for infringement of wireless email patents. In the press release, NTP co-founder Donald Stout said, 'Use of NTP's intellectual property without a license is just plain unfair to NTP and its licensees. Unfortunately, litigation is our only means of ensuring the inventor of the fundamental technology on which wireless email is based, Tom Campana, and NTP shareholders are recognized, and are fairly and reasonably compensated for their innovative work and investment. We took the necessary action to protect our intellectual property.'"
Nasty Patent Troll?
inventor of the fundamental technology on which wireless email is based
Really? Which technology would that be: wireless or email?
Nono, it's the combination of it.
Millions of people put peanutbutter on their bread. Millions of other people put jelly on their bread. But it takes a genius to think of combining these things, and should therefore be reasonably compensated for their services to mankind.
'For we walk by faith, not by sight.' II Corinthians 5:7
Network Time Protocol sues NTP for maligning their good name.
Maybe it wasn't intentional, but penitence kind of works in this context.
It is unwise to ascribe motive
You know, I think society was fundamentally better when people were physically afraid of screwing over their neighbors too badly. Yeah, I understand the downsides to vigilantism and a lynchmob mentality, but I'm not completely convinced that the tradeoff has been worth it.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
Prior art probably already exists for this patent...
I had an assistant print my eMails for me so that I could read them years before wireless internet routers were even being produced (back in the early 1990s). By holding those hardcopy eMails in my hands to read them, I was reading my eMail in a wireless fashion.
The Lumber Cartel, local 42 (Canadian branch)
British Columbia, Canada
I hold the US patent 38967, regarding the design of generally worded patents with the goal of making a quick buck off of multinational corporations well after the fact. The wonton disregaurd of my IP will not go undealt with.
Well I was wondering of it was 2006 all over again - via the internet
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Oh yeah? I was wondering of it was 2006 all over again - via the ... ummm... radio internet.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
I was wondering what a stack overflow is.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
He meant to say disregourd, as in the process of undoing the readding of a gourd to said wonton soup. It's delicious without the gourd that was there (again).
Haha, you're right. I used "unless". I suck.
I lay claim to grape butter and peanut jelly.
I've lost all my marbles except one & It's fun to test angular & centripetal acceleration in my skull