NTP Sues Six Major Tech Companies Over Wireless Email Patents

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 9, 2010 @08:17AM from the going-for-the-gusto dept.

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.'"

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Re:Fundamental technology by sconeu · 2010-07-09 08:39 · Score: 4, Interesting

Wasn't NTP's key patent ruled invalid, but the judge made RIM pay anyways?
And it seems to me that the "email + wireless" patent would be invalid under KSR v. Teleflex

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