http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/ Engadget Comments for Apple, RIM, Palm sued over vague GSM patents http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
I'd spend it on a new car—with lasers.]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 7th 2008 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 7th 2008 4:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
It's possible this new "exclusive licensee" is in place because the original plaintiff doesn't have the cash to fight the legal battle all the way through. WiAV will probably pay the expenses in exchange for 30 to 50 percent of whatever they win (or get from settlements).

OR, the licensor set this up to get preferential tax treatment (in other words, tax shelter)... which could end up being a pretty substatial amount of money... think about going from being taxed at 35% to 15% ...

There are companies that make a living doing these things... they are all pretty shady tho. The IRS doesn't exaclty look highly upon tax shelters and you can get yourself in trouble pretty easily.]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/205753-texas-company-seeks-judgement-to-stop-potential-patent-suit

Seems they sued American Microsystems last December.]]>Aug 6th 2008 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Not being able to develop something that would help further man's progress, because of greed is not only immoral, but goes against progress, and should be outlawed.]]>Aug 7th 2008 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
Yes, that's a good idea... let's take away one of the biggest incentives to innovate in just about every technical industry. While we're at it, lets make it even more difficult to prevent China or other countries from flooding the market with cheap knockoffs that drive American companies out of business.

I'll listen to people who have good ideas to reform the patent system. But idiots who just want to abolish it are crackpots.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/this is a tech blog...]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
If you can't beat 'em, sue 'em.]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/








LOLZ!]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
no, i'd rather discuss it here. thanks. have you gotten your 6th member yet, spammer?]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Would it really make a difference?]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
technerd: ok... click here and check out the lawsuit....OMG this is a PDF and not a website !!

]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
PDFs can contain viruses and hidden information that pretty much every PDF reader is vulnerable too.

PDF used to be the safest universal document format. Now you have to be more carefule.]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
You might not have OCD about getting a lite version of every app you own? And just have adobe reader.

Also, the likely hood of engadget posting a link to a virus?]]>Aug 6th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
The next thing I'm going to say is my theory. Ready?

My theory by A. Elk. [Miss].
This theory goes as follows and begins now.
All brontosauruses are thin at one end, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is my theory, it is mine, and belongs to me and I own it, and what it is too.
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The only problem is, you kill one and the maggots that eat their rotting corpses lay eggs that hatch 1,000 more of the bastards.

Best way must be death by firebomb.]]>Aug 6th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
It's sad what this country has turned into.]]>Aug 6th 2008 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/
That is ridiculous. What if a company would like to do something with the technology, but they don't have the start up capital to do any more development? They lose their patent (and probably the only chance they had to get funding in the first place) and then their entire investment in the technology in the first place was a waste. In many industries there would be a mass exodus of small companies trying to break in.

What about a company that developed the technology, but it would cannibalize their own, more profitable, technology, so all they really want to do is prevent competitors from using the technology? That's still a valuable asset, and the company is still practicing technology in the area, just not this patented technology.

And who defines "do nothing with a patented item"? Many patents don't make it into a product for years because they aren't profitable yet, or because they aren't developed enough to be ready for consumers (pharmaceuticals in particular come to mine). Your "proposal" would slowly kill off these industries. Why in the world would I spend the money to research new developments when I can just look for year-old patents that aren't found in any current products made by the patentee?

I understand your anger at patent trolls, but destroying the patent system is not the answer. The patent trolls days are numbered anyway, several developments in the law have made it much less profitable for trolls, and there are several proposed changes in Congress that will hurt them even more.]]>Aug 7th 2008 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/

Are they serious??? a patent on something as basic as hearing?]]>Aug 6th 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/apple-rim-palm-sued-over-vague-gsm-patents/Aug 6th 2008 5:16PM