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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
One of the original inventors of this technology in the late 80's, later became a cofounder of NTP, and he is somehow a patent squatter? :roll:
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If indeed all of the patents are invalidated, as the Patent office indicates will happen, what would
you call them? :wink:
RIM was strongarmed into this settlemtent by a Judge who was sick of the case and cared little that the Patent office's indication that the Patents would be invalidated. I agree this is nothing more than legalized extortion and we ALL pay in the long run.
I think anyone that patents an idea and then fails to implement the idea, then forms a company for the sole purpose of sitting on the patent until someone else comes along and re-invents the same idea so they can sue and take advantage of it is a squatter.