USPTO rejects yet another NTP patent
posted December 2nd 2005 9:20AM
We know the back and forth is killing you here (it's killing us too, trust us), but the USPTO has issued (yet
another) preliminary rejection on one of NTP's patents, finding that a Norwegian company may have previously invented a
piece of their secret sauce. The USPTO has long since preliminarily deemed all five of NTP's patents in question in the
RIM case to be invalid, but since they can continue appealing the validity of the patents, well, seemingly
indefinitely, the judge presiding over the case is refusing to delay the ruling to wait around any longer for the the
USPTO's final judgments. But damned if this doesn't add insult to injury to RIM, who just this week was already handed
down a ruling against their $450 million dollar
settlement with NTP. Seems like RIM just keeps winning on one track, and losing on the other.
[Via The Inq]
Surely the federal government could step in, if indeed they will only part with their blackberrys over their (Qoute:enhadget=>) "dead bodies" ...? Mayby Ms rice could bend Judge over her/its knee...
What are the chances there are people in the USPTO who own Blackberries. Conflict of interest? Hmmm....
All I have to say is the judge in that case is a jackass
I just can see this happening. It would be like taking beer away from drinkers at Octoberfest. You'd get your ass kicked six ways to Sunday.
I spoke with my RIM contact in Canada, and they tell me that RIM has an "OTA workaround" ready to be launched at any moment. This would modify the Blackberry software so that it does not infringe on NTP's patents. RIM doesn't seem to be worried at all.
"RIM doesn't seem to be worried at all."
Ya think? What, did you expect that they'd all be wearing sackcloth and ashes? OF COURSE they're purporting to be not worried at all. They've got a stock price to prop up.