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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[NTP awakes, sues Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG, and Motorola over wireless email patents]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/07/2010719-dollaz.jpg" /></a></div>
Remember <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp&amp;invocationType=wl-gadget">NTP</a>? The tiny company with a portfolio of patents on wireless email technology that wrung a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">$612 million settlement out of RIM</a> in 2006 after years of litigation? Well, get ready to fall in love all over again, because the company just sued Apple, Google, Microsoft, HTC, LG, and Motorola for the same thing. Given the company's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp&amp;sort=date">protracted history</a> defending its patent portfolio -- the RIM case alone took nearly five years and ultimately involved USPTO re-examining several patents, <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/02/22/patent-office-issues-final-rejection-of-one-ntp-patent/">rejecting some</a> and then ultimately declaring some others valid in 2009 -- we can't see any of this ending quickly or easily, especially with such formidable adversaries aligned as defendants. In particular, we'd note that Apple and Microsoft have a long history of cooperation and cross-licensing in the patent space, so we're sure their lawyers are ready to party down in lawsuit town, and adding Google, Motorola, HTC, and LG to the mix isn't going to make any of this easier for NTP. We'll see what happens -- this one's going to be long and messy. PR after the break.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>NTP awakes, sues Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG, and Motorola over wireless email patents</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/">NTP awakes, sues Apple, Microsoft, Google, HTC, LG, and Motorola over wireless email patents</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:53:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19548057/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/09/ntp-awakes-sues-apple-microsoft-google-htc-lg-and-motorola/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>apple</category><category>breaking news</category><category>BreakingNews</category><category>email</category><category>google</category><category>htc</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>legal</category><category>lg</category><category>microsoft</category><category>motorola</category><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>patent lawsuit</category><category>PatentLawsuit</category><category>patents</category><category>wireless email</category><category>WirelessEmail</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nilay Patel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP shows fall 2007 lawsuit fashions, sues AT&amp;T, Sprint, Verizon]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070911/FREE/70911006/1017/rss01"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/smcduck.jpg" alt="" /></a>Remember those crazy sons of guns at patent holding firm <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp">NTP</a> that ended up working RIM <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">for a shade over $612 million</a>? They're back at it, throwing lawsuits at AT&amp;T, Sprint, and Verizon -- that's three of the States' four national carriers, in case you're keeping count -- for alleged infringements of eight patents involving mobile email. The firm seems to be something of a one-trick pony seeing how mobile email was the issue at hand with RIM and later <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">with Palm</a>; for a company that does nothing but sue other companies, two-thirds of a billion dollars seems like a plenty healthy bank account, but heck, what do we know? At this point, we're assuming that once they're done suing every company that's ever offered, used, or mentioned "mobile" and "email" in the same sentence, we'll finally be able to put this issue to rest -- but until that day comes, watch your back, folks, because NTP's back on the prowl.<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Silly us for thinking NTP wouldn't just go ahead and make it a nice, round four! <a href="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6477576.html">T-Mobile's been caught up in the suit</a>, too, with its Sidekick services specifically called out (among others) for infringement of NTP's email patents.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=2383">Phone Scoop</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/">NTP shows fall 2007 lawsuit fashions, sues AT&amp;T, Sprint, Verizon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070911/FREE/70911006/1017/rss01>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/986869/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>att</category><category>breaking news</category><category>BreakingNews</category><category>email</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>mobile email</category><category>MobileEmail</category><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>sprint</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon wireless</category><category>VerizonWireless</category><category>vzw</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ziegler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP shows fall 2007 lawsuit fashions, sues AT&amp;T, Sprint, Verizon]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070911/FREE/70911006/1017/rss01"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/smcduck.jpg" alt="" /></a>Remember those crazy sons of guns at patent holding firm <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp">NTP</a> that ended up working RIM <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">for a shade over $612 million</a>? They're back at it, throwing lawsuits at AT&amp;T, Sprint, and Verizon -- that's three of the States' four national carriers, in case you're keeping count -- for alleged infringements of eight patents involving mobile email. The firm seems to be something of a one-trick pony seeing how mobile email was the issue at hand with RIM and later <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">with Palm</a>; for a company that does nothing but sue other companies, two-thirds of a billion dollars seems like a plenty healthy bank account, but heck, what do we know? At this point, we're assuming that once they're done suing every company that's ever offered, used, or mentioned "mobile" and "email" in the same sentence, we'll finally be able to put this issue to rest -- but until that day comes, watch your back, folks, because NTP's back on the prowl.<br /><br /><strong>Update:</strong> Silly us for thinking NTP wouldn't just go ahead and make it a nice, round four! <a href="http://www.edn.com/article/CA6477576.html">T-Mobile's been caught up in the suit</a>, too, with its Sidekick services specifically called out (among others) for infringement of NTP's email patents.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.phonescoop.com/news/item.php?n=2383">Phone Scoop</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/atandt/" rel="tag">ATT</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/sprint/" rel="tag">Sprint</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/verizon-wireless/" rel="tag">Verizon Wireless</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/">NTP shows fall 2007 lawsuit fashions, sues AT&amp;T, Sprint, Verizon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070911/FREE/70911006/1017/rss01>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/986861/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/11/ntp-shows-fall-2007-lawsuit-fashions-sues-atandt-sprint-verizon/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>atandt</category><category>att</category><category>breaking news</category><category>BreakingNews</category><category>email</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>mobile</category><category>mobile email</category><category>MobileEmail</category><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>sprint</category><category>verizon</category><category>verizon wireless</category><category>VerizonWireless</category><category>vzw</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Ziegler]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIM reports revenue up 66 percent over last year]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://rim.com/news/press/2007/pr-11_04_2007-01.shtml"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/04/rimresults.jpg" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/rim">RIM</a>, -- previously known as NTP's patent punching bag -- seems to have clawed its way out of the misery that was <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-and-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">last year</a> and is showing some signs of a pleasant recovery. The Canadian messaging monster is reporting preliminary earnings in the 4rth quarter of $930.4 million, up 66% from the same quarter last year -- though we suspect that the $612.5 million payout to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/">NTP</a> is reflected here. Year totals are equally impressive with sales of $3 billion, which is up a booming 47 percent. Aside from the financial mumbo jumbo, what really caught our eyes is the addition of 1.02 million new subscribers (in this quarter alone) giving RIM a fat total of 8 million happy messaging enthusiasts. In the spirit of keeping things moving on the Blackberry front, what we <em>really</em> need to see now is some WiFi goodness in a handset, mmmkay RIM?<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/">RIM reports revenue up 66 percent over last year</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:26:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://rim.com/news/press/2007/pr-11_04_2007-01.shtml>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/872381/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/rim-reports-revenue-up-66-percent-over-last-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>mobile</category><category>NTP</category><category>profit</category><category>quarter</category><category>research in motion</category><category>researchinmotion</category><category>RIM</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean Cooper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP's lawsuit against Palm officially put on hold]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12895"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/media/2007/03/3-22-07-judge.jpg" /></a>We already know how <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/09/rim-and-ntp-headed-back-to-court/">all</a> that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/08/rim-loses-appeal-against-ntp/">fighting</a> eventually proved <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">futile</a> for Research in Motion, but it looks like Palm just might escape its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">own</a> <a href="http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/">bout</a> with NTP unscathed. Thanks to a federal judge in control of the situation, a stay of proceedings in the patent infringement case has been granted, which means that Palm can sit back, twiddle its thumbs, and hope with everything it has that the ongoing review by the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) deems the issue <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/30/last-ntp-patent-ruled-invalid-rim-says-na-na-na-nana/">invalid</a>. Back in 2005, it was insinuated that patent owner's arguments were "nonpersuasive," but it still hasn't been thrown out just yet. Of course, if the past is any indication, Palm has about half a billion (if not more) reasons to hope <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/01/fifth-ntp-patent-gets-non-final-rejection/">it will be</a>.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/">NTP's lawsuit against Palm officially put on hold</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12895>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/858649/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>lawsuit</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>palm os</category><category>PalmOs</category><category>patent</category><category>patent troll</category><category>patented</category><category>patents</category><category>PatentTroll</category><category>rim</category><category>sue</category><category>suit</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP's lawsuit against Palm officially put on hold]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12895"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" alt=""  src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/03/3-22-07-judge.jpg" /></a>We already know how <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/09/rim-and-ntp-headed-back-to-court/">all</a> that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/08/rim-loses-appeal-against-ntp/">fighting</a> eventually proved <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">futile</a> for Research in Motion, but it looks like Palm just might escape its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">own</a> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/">bout</a> with NTP unscathed. Thanks to a federal judge in control of the situation, a stay of proceedings in the patent infringement case has been granted, which means that Palm can sit back, twiddle its thumbs, and hope with everything it has that the ongoing review by the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) deems the issue <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/30/last-ntp-patent-ruled-invalid-rim-says-na-na-na-nana/">invalid</a>. Back in 2005, it was insinuated that patent owner's arguments were "nonpersuasive," but it still hasn't been thrown out just yet. Of course, if the past is any indication, Palm has about half a billion (if not more) reasons to hope <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/01/fifth-ntp-patent-gets-non-final-rejection/">it will be</a>.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm-os/" rel="tag">Palm OS</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/">NTP's lawsuit against Palm officially put on hold</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:15:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12895>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/858640/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/22/ntps-lawsuit-against-palm-officially-put-on-hold/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>court</category><category>judge</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>mobile</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>palm os</category><category>palmos</category><category>rim</category><category>stay</category><category>sue</category><category>suit</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm sez NTP patents are invalid, refuses to settle]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12586"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/smcduck.jpg" id="vimage_1" alt="" /></a>Following yesterday's surprising announcement that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">patent <strike>troll</strike> firm NTP is taking portable computing pioneer Palm to court</a> over alleged IP infringement, the PDA and smartphone manufacturer has fired back with a statement detailing its position on the matter. While Palm corroborates NTP's assertion that the latter company had previously approached it about licensing the patents in question, it points out that all seven of them are still undergoing re-examination by the US Patent and Trademark Office, and all signs point to them being ruled invalid once the inquiry is complete. Therefore, Sunnyvale-based Palm has promised to "defend itself vigorously against the attempted misuse of the patent and judicial systems," which is the diplomatic way of saying that NTP won't see one red cent unless they pry it from Palm's cold, dead hands. Since the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp">RIM / NTP fiasco</a> took quite some time to wind its way through the courts, it seems that Palm is making the smart move here by stringing this along until the USPTO makes its final decision, but there's one thing it needs to bear in mind: NTP's got <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">half a billion dollars</a> to blow on legal fees, and since it doesn't actually do anything besides sue people, it can focus all of its energy and resources on this amusing but unhealthy lawsuit addiction.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handsets/" rel="tag">Handsets</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm-os/" rel="tag">Palm OS</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/">Palm sez NTP patents are invalid, refuses to settle</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:17:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12586>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/697874/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>intellectual property</category><category>IntellectualProperty</category><category>ip</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>mobile</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>palm os</category><category>palmos</category><category>patent infringement</category><category>PatentInfringement</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan Blass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Palm sez NTP patents are invalid, refuses to settle]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12586"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" id="vimage_1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/smcduck.jpg" /></a>Following yesterday's surprising announcement that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">patent <strike>troll</strike> firm NTP is taking portable computing pioneer Palm to court</a> over alleged IP infringement, the PDA and smartphone manufacturer has fired back with a statement detailing its position on the matter. While Palm corroborates NTP's assertion that the latter company had previously approached it about licensing the patents in question, it points out that all seven of them are still undergoing re-examination by the US Patent and Trademark Office, and all signs point to them being ruled invalid once the inquiry is complete. Therefore, Sunnyvale-based Palm has promised to "defend itself vigorously against the attempted misuse of the patent and judicial systems," which is the diplomatic way of saying that NTP won't see one red cent unless they pry it from Palm's cold, dead hands. Since the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp">RIM / NTP fiasco</a> took quite some time to wind its way through the courts, it seems that Palm is making the smart move here by stringing this along until the USPTO makes its final decision, but there's one thing it needs to bear in mind: NTP's got <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">half a billion dollars</a> to blow on legal fees, and since it doesn't actually do anything besides sue people, it can focus all of its energy and resources on this amusing but unhealthy lawsuit addiction.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/">Palm sez NTP patents are invalid, refuses to settle</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:17:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=12586>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/697849/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/07/palm-sez-ntp-patents-are-invalid-refuses-to-settle/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>intellectual property</category><category>IntellectualProperty</category><category>ip</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>patent infringement</category><category>PatentInfringement</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan Blass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP sues Palm; RIM seen quietly snickering]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/11-06-2006/0004468031&amp;EDATE="><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/20050706.moneybin.allen.jpg" id="vimage_1" /></a></div>
Given that it's been six months since we <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">last heard</a> from NTP, we figured that the company had taken its $612 million, paid its hefty legal fees, and moved onto something more productive -- like sitting on a private Caribbean island drinking umbrella-laden cocktails all day. Unfortunately, we neglected to take into account NTP's limitless desire for suing other companies dry. So, still needing more money, NTP has filed a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/29/behind-the-scenes-in-the-rim-ntp-patent-war/">patent infringement suit</a> against Palm in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging in a press release that "Palm's products, services, systems and processes infringe NTP's patents." In a related matter, Scrooge McDuck is suing NTP for infringing his patent on a gold coin-filled swimming room.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/tc_nm/palm_dc">Reuters</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/palm/" rel="tag">Palm</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">NTP sues Palm; RIM seen quietly snickering</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/11-06-2006/0004468031&amp;EDATE=>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/697216/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>legal</category><category>mobile</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>patents</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cyrus Farivar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NTP sues Palm; RIM seen quietly snickering]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/11-06-2006/0004468031&amp;EDATE="><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/11/20050706.moneybin.allen.jpg" id="vimage_1" /></a></div>
Given that it's been six months since we <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">last heard</a> from NTP, we figured that the company had taken its $612 million, paid its hefty legal fees, and moved onto something more productive -- like sitting on a private Caribbean island drinking umbrella-laden cocktails all day. Unfortunately, we neglected to take into account NTP's limitless desire for suing other companies dry. So, still needing more money, NTP has filed a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/29/behind-the-scenes-in-the-rim-ntp-patent-war/">patent infringement suit</a> against Palm in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging in a press release that "Palm's products, services, systems and processes infringe NTP's patents." In a related matter, Scrooge McDuck is suing NTP for infringing his patent on a gold coin-filled swimming room.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/tc_nm/palm_dc">Reuters</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/">NTP sues Palm; RIM seen quietly snickering</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&amp;STORY=/www/story/11-06-2006/0004468031&amp;EDATE=>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/697207/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/06/ntp-sues-palm-rim-seen-quietly-snickering/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>legal</category><category>ntp</category><category>palm</category><category>patents</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cyrus Farivar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2006 16:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BlackBerry strikes back, countersues Visto]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6069124.html"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/rim_v_visto.jpg" alt="" /></a>RIM isn't just taking that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/">new suit of Visto's</a> lying down, and have countersued, asking a federal judge to declare three of the patents in question invalid. We all know how well this worked out <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-and-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">last time</a>, and Visto has recently won a case with a few of these patents against Seven Networks, but RIM did manage to get most of NTP's patents struck down before that fateful settlement of theirs. Visto has 20 days to respond to RIM's claims, but we have a feeling they're not going anywhere. Let the games begin.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/">BlackBerry strikes back, countersues Visto</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Sun, 07 May 2006 23:40:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6069124.html>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/615890/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/07/blackberry-strikes-back-countersues-visto/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>mobile</category><category>ntp</category><category>research in motion</category><category>researchinmotion</category><category>rim</category><category>visto</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2006 23:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patent holder Visto wants a share of that RIM pie]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/05/01/rim_under_fire_again_from_visto/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0"align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/rim_v_visto.jpg" /></a>You know, it <em>has</em> been abit <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">RIM-patent-fiasco-free</a>around these parts lately. But no worries, since <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=visto">Visto</a> hasdecided to whip up a bit (more) patent trouble of their own. Fresh off a victory over Seven Networks regarding the samefour patents that they claim RIM is infringing, and already mired in legal fights with RIM competitor <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/01/rim-competitor-good-sued-by-ntp-ally-visto/">Good Technology</a> and <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/15/visto-suing-microsoft-over-windows-mobile-related-patent/">Microsoft</a>,Visto is looking for more, and they think they can get a payout from RIM. Visto wasn't clear as to what RIM technologyis infringing on their patents, but they do mention "Visto's intellectual property serves as the basis for thisindustry's birth." Quite the strong words when going up against RIM, who had a <em>slight</em> influence on thebirth of the wireless email industry if our memory serves us right. RIM believes that the Visto patents are invalid,and that Visto's victory over Seven Networks was in regards to a different type of technology than RIM's. Their patentsare also dated before Visto's, but there's really no telling where this could go after the fiasco the NTP case turnedout to be. We'll keep you posted.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/software/" rel="tag">Software</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/rim/" rel="tag">RIM</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/">Patent holder Visto wants a share of that RIM pie</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 01 May 2006 23:07:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/05/01/rim_under_fire_again_from_visto/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/613913/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>mobile</category><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>patents</category><category>research in motion</category><category>researchinmotion</category><category>rim</category><category>visto</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 23:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patent holder Visto wants a share of that RIM pie]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/05/01/rim_under_fire_again_from_visto/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="0"align="right" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/05/rim_v_visto.jpg" alt="" /></a>You know, it <em>has</em> been abit <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">RIM-patent-fiasco-free</a>around these parts lately. But no worries, since <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=visto">Visto</a> hasdecided to whip up a bit (more) patent trouble of their own. Fresh off a victory over Seven Networks regarding the samefour patents that they claim RIM is infringing, and already mired in legal fights with RIM competitor <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/01/rim-competitor-good-sued-by-ntp-ally-visto/">Good Technology</a> and <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2005/12/15/visto-suing-microsoft-over-windows-mobile-related-patent/">Microsoft</a>,Visto is looking for more, and they think they can get a payout from RIM. Visto wasn't clear as to what RIM technologyis infringing on their patents, but they do mention "Visto's intellectual property serves as the basis for thisindustry's birth." Quite the strong words when going up against RIM, who had a <em>slight</em> influence on thebirth of the wireless email industry if our memory serves us right. RIM believes that the Visto patents are invalid,and that Visto's victory over Seven Networks was in regards to a different type of technology than RIM's. Their patentsare also dated before Visto's, but there's really no telling where this could go after the fiasco the NTP case turnedout to be. We'll keep you posted.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/">Patent holder Visto wants a share of that RIM pie</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 01 May 2006 23:07:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/05/01/rim_under_fire_again_from_visto/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/613911/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/01/patent-holder-visto-wants-a-share-of-that-rim-pie/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>patents</category><category>rim</category><category>visto</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Miller]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 23:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geoff Goodfellow, early inventor of wireless email, profiled]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/technology/16wireless.html?_r=1&amp;ei=5090&amp;oref=slogin"><img vspace="16"hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/goodfellow.jpg" /></a>Back in theearly 80s a man by the name of Geoff Goodfellow had an idea: to relay electronic mail from Arpanet to his alphanumericpager. He published his concept on an Arpanet mailing list in 1982 (he called his piece "Electronic Mail forPeople on the Move"), and went on to found RadioMail in the early 1990s -- a wireless email service (surprise,surprise). After working with such small clients and partners as Ericsson, Motorola, and RIM, Goodfellow left the bizin 1996 and moved to Europe. But he was contacted in early 2002 by James H. Wallace Jr., a lawyer of patent-holdingfirm <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=ntp">NTP</a>, who thoroughly researched Goodfellow's contributions towireless communications as they were gearing up to take on <a href="http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=rim">Research InMotion</a>. In fact, Wallace once introduced Goodfellow thusly: "Geoff's the inventor of wireless e-mail. Myclient patented some of its implementation workings." The New York Times seems to think Goodfellow's prior artshould have been disclosed during the RIM / NTP dispute, but wasn't; that Goodfellow should have been available as afact witness, but wasn't. So why has no one ever heard of the talented Mr. Goodfellow? Because NTP paid him close to$20,000 for "consulting" in 2002, which included several sessions with NTP's lawyers in noteless meetings, aswell as a contract and NDA that essentially barred him from discussing the case while it proceeded. You'll have to readthe Times profile for the full story, but whether or not NTP acted ethically (or illegally), or preyed on Goodfellow'sdisdain for patents or his free-market attitude isn't exactly making the bad taste in our mouths from <ahref="http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/03/rim-ntp-settle-for-612-million-finally/">the settlement</a> taste any better.<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/">Geoff Goodfellow, early inventor of wireless email, profiled</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:18:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/technology/16wireless.html?_r=1&amp;ei=5090&amp;oref=slogin>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/609206/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/17/geoff-goodfellow-early-inventor-of-wireless-email-profiled/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>email</category><category>geoff goodfellow</category><category>GeoffGoodfellow</category><category>ntp</category><category>patent</category><category>patent dispute</category><category>PatentDispute</category><category>rim</category><category>wireless email</category><category>WirelessEmail</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Block]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danish server admin exposes D-Link's "NTP vandalism"]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://people.freebsd.org/%7Ephk/dlink/"><img vspace="16" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2006/04/dlinkdenmark.jpg" /></a>It seems that incompetence on the part of the coders who write network hardware manufacturing giant D-Link's router firmware, and possibly even more insidious willful ignorance at higher levels of the company, may force Denmark's only networked time server to permanently shut down its vital public service. Apparently thousands of Danish servers use Poul-Henning Kamp's <em>pro bono publico</em> NTP server to sync their own clocks -- which is hosted for free by the Danish Internet Exchange (DIX) with the understanding that it is restricted to server-level access, but whose address D-Link hard coded into their device firmware without ever having asked Kamp's permission. The traffic from D-Link devices consists of well over 75% of the packets that the server handles, and has caused DIX to hit Kamp with an $8,800 per year connection fee that may mean the end of the free service and extra work for those thousands of Danish admins, not to mention the embarrassment Danes will have to face when mocked for living in an NTP-free technological backwater (despite their army's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/17/danish-troops-equipped-with-mp3-pillows/">snazzy MP3 pillows</a>). Kamp claims that although D-Link is well aware of the issue (they've since updated some, but not all, of the firmware on their site), but instead of fixing their mistake and encouraging customers to upgrade their firmware, the company simply offered Kamp an unspecified amount of "hush" money that doesn't even cover his most direct expenses. Hey D-Link, please drop us a press release if and when you decide to address this issue, because we think your "NTP vandalism" isn't very cool.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30855">The Inquirer</a>]<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/networking/" rel="tag">Networking</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/">Danish server admin exposes D-Link's "NTP vandalism"</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/dlink/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/606981/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/09/danish-server-admin-exposes-d-links-ntp-vandalism/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>corporate shenanigans</category><category>CorporateShenanigans</category><category>d-link</category><category>danish</category><category>danish internet exchange</category><category>DanishInternetExchange</category><category>denmark</category><category>dix</category><category>networking</category><category>ntp</category><category>ntp vandalism</category><category>NtpVandalism</category><category>poul-henning kamp</category><category>Poul-henningKamp</category><category>router</category><category>time server</category><category>TimeServer</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Evan Blass]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
