Jerry Raia
01-11-2007, 09:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-03T133130Z_01_L03691045_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLUETOOTH-PATENT-INFRINGEMENT.xml' target='_blank'>http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyid=2007-01-03T133130Z_01_L03691045_RTRUKOC_0_US-BLUETOOTH-PATENT-INFRINGEMENT.xml</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The Washington Research Foundation, which markets technology from the University of Washington, is seeking damages from the three mobile-phone makers for using a radio frequency receiver technology without paying royalties, according to court papers obtained by Reuters on Wednesday. A University of Washington scientist Edwin Suominen was awarded a patent in 1999 for "simplified high frequency broadband tuner and tuning method"."</i><br /><br />If you can't make money selling it, sue over it. I'm at the point where when I see this stuff I don't even care if the claims are legitimate. I just assume it is nonsense now. I think it will keep getting worse too.