http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/ Engadget Comments for RIM settles with patent holder Visto to the tune of $267.5 million http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/Jul 16th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/Jul 16th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/
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The patents cover some interesting topics...like syncing web-based stuff. Do we know of any contemporary smartphone that does..you know, sync of web-based stuff?
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if i am an employee at RIM, can that be conseidered my RIM job?
hmmm...???]]>Jul 16th 2009 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/
Anyway, stuff like this is sad, it just feeds the patent trolls, leeches of society.]]>Jul 16th 2009 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/Jul 17th 2009 4:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/
And what evidence do you have that Visto was a "patent troll"? It seems unlikely based on the settlement. A patent troll is a company that asserts hundreds of patents against anyone and everyone even though there is little to no liklihood that the patents (a) cover the product; or (b) are a valuable enough improvement to be worth very much. The troll then says "but we'll go away for a one-time license royalty of $XXXX" where XXXX is much less than the cost of defending a lawsuit. The fact that RIM was willing to pay over $200 million makes either (a) or (b) highly unlikely.

Oh wait... were you just using the term patent troll because you are a hater of patents in generally, and you don't understand how they really work? That's my guess. So, would you rather there be no protection for innovation? Do you think you'd be reading about all the new high tech gadgets using a fast computers accessing a tech reporting organization through a worldwide network without the patent system? Because you wouldn't... you'd be at home picking your ass and complaining about stories in the newspaper you don't like. Well, I guess technology doesn't change some people that much.]]>Jul 17th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/16/rim-settles-with-patent-holder-visto-to-the-tune-of-267-5-milli/Jul 17th 2009 9:39AM