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Originally Posted by thenikjones2
Don't you think you have to do something though?
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Yes, BUT, he is a company who never had any intention to do anything with this patent other than use it as leverage for a lawsuit. NTP apparently does absolutely nothing but buy up patents with one single objective in mind...sit on them till they find a suitably well funded organization that has perhaps infringed on their patent and take them to the cleaners.
Many will say they have every legal right to sue RIM, and they are right. Many others will say that the system is seriously flawed and being used in a way that was never intended. Patents were brought into being to protect people's rights of ownership. They were never intended to be a business model where millions of dollars can be made and lost in the courtroom.
I guess there is a flip side to this coin. If NTP had the ability to buy this patent from someone, then it's logical that RIM could have had that same opportunity to buy it. Maybe they even looked at that possibility and decide the price was too high and they would rather take their chances in court at some later date if that slim chance should happen......hmmmm....puts a different light on it doesn't it???
Dave