A Tech Life » NTP http://www.atechlife.com Describing a technology driven life in 250 characters or less per post! Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:59:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Patent Troll is Back! http://www.atechlife.com/2006/11/07/the-patent-troll-is-back/ http://www.atechlife.com/2006/11/07/the-patent-troll-is-back/#comments Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:22:50 +0000 admin http://www.atechlife.com/2006/11/07/the-patent-troll-is-back/ The patent trolls over at NTP are back and after more money from another legitimate company Palm.  Once again they are using broad patents that were never meant to provide the IP protection they are claiming.  In fact two of their other patents have been rejected in preliminary findings by US Patent and Trademark office.  It is now in the appeals process.

NTP’s only business is to wrongly squeeze money out of legitimate companies, they do not provide any service or product.  They represent all that is wrong with our patent system and hopefully someone will do something soon.

]]> http://www.atechlife.com/2006/11/07/the-patent-troll-is-back/feed/ 0 Blackberry Is Freed! http://www.atechlife.com/2006/03/04/blackberry-is-freed/ http://www.atechlife.com/2006/03/04/blackberry-is-freed/#comments Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:25:23 +0000 admin http://www.atechlife.com/2006/03/04/blackberry-is-freed/ See MSNBC’s article on the resolution of the Blackberry patent battle between RIM and NTP.  Can you hear the collective “Aaaahhhhh” relief as millions of Blackberry users finally relax.  Hopefully, this kind of patent trolling which ends in a payout to the troll won’t embolden others into trying the same thing with others innovators.  It would be very bad for the technology industry.

Long live the Blackberry!  Hopefully they will choke on the $612.5 Million.

]]> http://www.atechlife.com/2006/03/04/blackberry-is-freed/feed/ 1 Down With The Patent Trolls At NTP http://www.atechlife.com/2006/02/24/down-with-the-patent-trolls-at-ntp/ http://www.atechlife.com/2006/02/24/down-with-the-patent-trolls-at-ntp/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:51:31 +0000 admin http://www.atechlife.com/2006/02/24/down-with-the-patent-trolls-at-ntp/ CNET.com is reporting that the Judge in the on-going patent battle between RIM and NTP over Blackberry devices and their use is taking both parties arguments under advisement and will render rulings on both damages and the requested injunction soon.  Hopefully the judge will do the right thing and rule in favor of RIM as the PTO (Patent and Trademark Office) continues to issue “Final Rejections” against the errant patents previously issued to NTP.  TheseBlackberry_8700c patents were pivotal in the jury awarding NTP damges from RIM in the first place.

Down with NTP…

Down with the d*&% patent trolls!

Free the Blackberry…

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