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Originally Posted by whydidnt
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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: |
Invalid patents? Is that was patent squatter means - an invalid patent? I thought it was someone that acquired unused patents or patented existing processes, then sat on them and waited to sue when someone violated it, not when someone worked on a particular technology most of their career, had a few failed startup companies, sold some products based on their inventions, patented them and then may find out their patents are invalid.
But if your definition is correct, why don't they call them invalid patent holders, not patent squatters? So confusing...
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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.
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What does that have to do with this patent? You are aware that a co-founder of NTP worked on wireless email almost all his adult life, right?