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Originally Posted by daS
I'm curious to know if any of you that think that NTP deserves $600M+ feel our patent system works well?
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I would have to say yes, $600M+ is a fair price for the technology that makes the multi-billion dollar product (Blackberry) what it is. It's a very small investment when you look at the possible returns.
However, the patent system is clearly FUBAR since it issues patents and then several years later, when the patent is in a court battle, they say maybe they will someday be invalidating these patents.
As a side note, several people have said that the courts need to look at whats right and morale not just the law. The right thing for RIM to do when they found out that they were using someone elses technology to make their product would have been to quickly negotiate an agreement and pay for the technolgy. It would have been cheaper in the long run I think.