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Thursday, January 19, 2006
NTP vs RIM, who's the bad(est) guy?
It's clear from this article that RIM has knowingly refrained to pay for patent licenses they have known for a long time they've been in violation of.
I'm starting to feel sympathy for NTP, even though I in general very much dislike companies consisting only of lawyers whose revenue comes solely from licensing out patents (the inventor is not among the living). The anti-creative mindset such people must have is hard to comprehend. Anyway...
RIM says it has designed and tested a replacement version of its BlackBerry wireless system that would let it work around NTP's patent claims, but so far the company has refused to provide any details.
Considering how general NTP's patents are, I'm wondering how they've achieved this.
The Globe and Mail: RIM allegedly caused 'substantial harm'
I'm starting to feel sympathy for NTP, even though I in general very much dislike companies consisting only of lawyers whose revenue comes solely from licensing out patents (the inventor is not among the living). The anti-creative mindset such people must have is hard to comprehend. Anyway...
RIM says it has designed and tested a replacement version of its BlackBerry wireless system that would let it work around NTP's patent claims, but so far the company has refused to provide any details.
Considering how general NTP's patents are, I'm wondering how they've achieved this.
The Globe and Mail: RIM allegedly caused 'substantial harm'
