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Speedy settlement in RIM case seems unlikely

Speedy settlement in RIM case seems unlikelyPatents were nullified...Though a jury found RIM infringed the Patent Office declares those same patents invalide. So how does NTP still hold claim that RIM or any company owes them money on nullified patents? Truly I'm lost on this. To my simple mind the...

Tags: Litigation, Professional Inventors Alliance, Research In Motion Ltd., NTP

Discussion threads 2006-02-27

Judge faces 'reality' in BlackBerry case

Judge faces 'reality' in BlackBerry caseRIMM is stupid"I must admit I was somewhat surprised at RIM's argument, which seems to me to be inconsistent on the one hand, that if the court was to impose an injunction, that it would have a catastrophic effect and the very foundation of western...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Professional Inventors Alliance, patent office, patent, Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, RIMM

Discussion threads 2006-02-24

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Reform opponents promise patent fight in Senate

The tech industry may have been patting itself on the back Friday, after the House passed a patent reform bill, but the measure still faces an uphill battles in the Senate, opponent claim, InfoWorld reports. "I would not throw a party just yet," said Bobbie Wilson, director in the...

Tags: Bill, Patent, U.S. Senate, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art

Peer-to-Patent site relies on public for prior art"Prof" Noveck seeks to LEGALIZE SPYING!I'm hoping "Professor" Noveck is willing to "altruistically" post her Social Security number, list all her bank accounts – WITH PASSWORDS – and the combination of her safe if she has one plus the times that she...

Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Peer-to-Patent site, Noveck, Peer-to-Patent, Internet

Discussion threads 2007-06-13

Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability features

Major new BlackBerry Patent app: Auto-capitalization, Auto-punctuation, many more usability featuresInsignificant Incremental InventionResearch in Motion has once again produced an invention of minimal significance. It is really obvious to use timing to alter keyboard behavior.It is RIM's inability to produce significant inventions and their unwillingness to fairly compensate those...

Tags: Strategy, RIM BlackBerry, alliance, patent, inventor, independent inventor, Research In Motion Ltd.

Discussion threads 2007-04-05

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suit

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suitHere we go again.... NT*sigh*Maybe Palm should just stall as much as possible untill the pantens areinvalidated, and the apeals process at the patent office has run it's course. About the only thing that NTP can hope is that they can squeeze a settlement...

Tags: patent, NTP, RJR Direct, troll, Palm Inc., patent troll

Discussion threads 2006-11-06

Open source threatened by judicial activism

Open source threatened by judicial activismPatent NeuralityMicrosoft wants "net neutrality" so shouldn't it be pusing for "patent neutrality?"What's good for the goose is good for the gander!Microsoft using EFFI am sure that Microsoft is having a good laugh at their ability to use EFF and the anti-software patent crowd to...

Tags: open source, Microsoft Corp., prior art, patent, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Discussion threads 2006-08-25

Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice

Microsoft puts cybersquatters on noticeNo Ax, let's start a companyThere's got to be some Web 2.0 system we can set up so customers can automatically sue everyone they know!It would seem as Microsofts Lawyer'sare suing anyone now if and when they hear a pin drop ."In a world without...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., alliance, independent inventor

Discussion threads 2006-08-22

AlwaysOn: Open source and patent trolls

AlwaysOn: Open source and patent trollsWhat else would a bunch of open source hacks say?"Bruce Perens, vice president of policy at SourceLabs, said patent issues are the Achilles heel of open source."Translated, Bruce can't just take someone elses work and copy it. Gee, what else would you expect...

Tags: open source, patent troll, software, software community, AlwaysOn

Discussion threads 2006-07-26

Dell set to change consumer pricing

Dell set to change consumer pricingThey should RAISE prices, not cut them...Maybe then they could actually provide support for their systems. Maybe we could get someone that knows something about computers rather than someone with an unintelligible accent that reads idiotic instructions from a script.I wonder if they sold...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-11

Here's the Patent Net2Phone is suing Skype for infringement about

Here's the Patent Net2Phone is suing Skype for infringement aboutUse address one to connect to address twoNot ambiguous at all!eBay Known As Patent PiratesNet2Phone has no choice when dealing with eBay. eBay is well known in the inventor community as a company who appropriates others inventions and thinks that...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., patent, patent pirate, Net2Phone Inc., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

Will AMD's fastest CPU be obsolete next month?

Will AMD's fastest CPU be obsolete next month?What a JOKE!!! Ha!What a biased website. Professional Inventors Alliance?? More like the Professional "Patent Trolls Coven".Its become rather common knowledge that the U.S. patent system is seriously broken and needs reform. The only ones who oppose patent law reform are...

Tags: Processors, Manufacturing, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Most large corporation, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-06-05

Microsoft's 'Eolas patch' to hobble IE this week. Advantage: Firefox

Microsoft's 'Eolas patch' to hobble IE this week. Advantage: FirefoxBRAVO !!! Excellent!!Good for EOLAS. Way to stand up for your intellectual property.I'm also very excited to hear that I have to click on something in order for Flash to run if/when I use IE. Flash is a...

Tags: Web browsers, Eolas Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-04-11

BlackBerry saved

BlackBerry savedSHOW ME THE MONEY!See, that wasn't so hard...And RIM Wimps Out!!How RIM settles a dispute over patents that have been invalidated by the Patent office is beyond me.Granted the Judge was deciding whether to impose an injunction or not, but all they had to do was hold out until...

Tags: Handhelds, Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, patent, RIM BlackBerry

Discussion threads 2006-03-03

RIM chief: Chances of NTP deal appear slim

RIM chief: Chances of NTP deal appear slimPersonally, I hope......RIM shuts down its US service--it would serve the country right to feel the effects of its own idiotic patent system.I don't know for sure if RIM would still be able to do business in Canada, Europe, and the rest of...

Tags: Davis, Research In Motion Ltd., NTP

Discussion threads 2006-02-24

For Pete's sake, stop the patent madness now! The NTP vs. RIM case MUST wait.

For Pete's sake, stop the patent madness now! The NTP vs. RIM case MUST wait.David, have you ever held a patent and had it violated?My bet is no...David, you should make the pointthat the Court's decision is founded on an explicit legal basis: the holder of a US patent...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., NTP, patent

Discussion threads 2005-12-08

The future of the Internet - What role for developing countries?

The future of the Internet - What role for developing countries?If the other countries don't like the U.S. running the Net......then let them build their own Net. U.S. tax dollars paid for the development of the Net and now the others want to control it. I say TAKE A...

Tags: developing country, patent system, Internet, Useless Nations

Discussion threads 2005-11-24

Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth

Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is mythOnly 3% of federal lawsuits is a BIG problem.Think how much money we could save if all that money got put back into inovation. Also think how much more inovation if we would have if we did not have creeps like Myhrvold looking over...

Tags: patent system, patent, Myhrvold

Discussion threads 2005-08-23

Staking patent claims--for gold mines

Staking patent claims--for gold minesWTF Happened To The Spyware Story??!Idiots at ZDNet strike again.Please say it isn't so.."Another company that could benefit from lucrative license fees is Picture Marketing Inc., which says it holds a patent for embedding photos in electronic messages sent for marketing purposes."How the heck is this...

Tags: patent

Discussion threads 2005-07-20