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The patent system is certainly broken. Hopefully NTP will pay he
price this time. They got luck with RIM that could not afford a shutdown and wanting to get rid of the uncertainty. This as the patents were being invalidated.

Well, who knows, in this case, the big players might settle for tens of millions, thus blocking little competitors that worry they do not have a patent license.
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The patent system is certainly broken. Hopefully NTP will pay he  DonnieBoy | 09/11/07
this is rediculous.. every peice of code out there has unix roots  pcguy777 | 09/12/07
Blocking little competitors ....  wwwsupport | 09/13/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  Tony Agudo | 09/11/07
NTP not the only abuser.  Raymond Danner | 09/15/07
Scumbags  DarthRidiculous | 09/11/07
You forgot Greedy Scumbags...  socialism=nowhere | 09/12/07
No, you do not have to be intellectual at all!!  Cayble | 09/12/07
Trap door spiders  Filker0_z | 09/12/07
i get the image . . .  JLHenry | 09/11/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  jackbond | 09/11/07
I Hope They Do Try This...  BanjoPaterson | 09/12/07
RIM had more money that them  voska | 09/12/07
AT&T, Verizon, et al clearly have MORE  shryko | 09/12/07
These patents are US only.  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
Previous Technology  hjtharp | 09/12/07
Precisely.  Raymond Danner | 09/15/07
In Other News: Patent System Broken  rocjoe89 | 09/12/07
Seems par for the course  Spideyguy | 09/12/07
gov't in the pocket outdoes being the big guy  shryko | 09/12/07
I just don't get how that can be patented  voska | 09/12/07
it is stupid, and your right.  pcguy777 | 09/12/07
Lots of ridiculous patents  rjcarlson49 | 09/13/07
Patent system is broken because patents are Property  lamp299 | 09/12/07
Yup. Lots of fun.  Cayble | 09/12/07
just like stock exchanges break  MoralOrder | 09/13/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  NotOnYourLife2 | 09/12/07
It should be mandatory  supercharlie | 09/12/07
19 years...  jasonshortphd | 09/12/07
Why Actually Require a Product/  fatrat | 09/12/07
I think that would count as "having a product"  Resuna | 09/12/07
But then  voska | 09/12/07
Exclusive deal  NME | 09/13/07
Actually....  maldain | 09/12/07
You miss the point completely.  Cayble | 09/12/07
NTP To the world:  Mectron | 09/12/07
Not TEXAS!?! Anything but TEXAS!!!!  Laff | 09/12/07
agreed  pcguy777 | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  nfodor | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  nomorems | 09/12/07
Page 7 in the complaint  Larry Dignan ZDNet Moderator | 09/12/07
There was a Jury trial ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
Lawyers will love this!  auogoke@... | 09/13/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  jasonshortphd | 09/12/07
Just sue Verizon  ktucker456@... | 09/12/07
How can you patent email over a network?  ggibson1 | 09/12/07
House payments were due...had to think  socialism=nowhere | 09/12/07
The original invention on which ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
NTP Sues ... who's next  nhardin | 09/12/07
For some it would be like...  socialism=nowhere | 09/12/07
Re: For some it would be like...  nhardin | 09/12/07
And once again we prove...  katscoyote | 09/12/07
I don't believe Apple's device infringes ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
I don't think so!  Old Disti | 09/14/07
... and the lawyers win again (regardless of the outcome)  lamp299 | 09/12/07
Good point - greed is greed...  socialism=nowhere | 09/12/07
Let it play out  mveble@... | 09/12/07
All true but the inventor is DEAD ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
This will finally bring change  kckn4fun | 09/12/07
I think you are being overly optimistic ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
Overly optimistic!  jbaviera@... | 09/12/07
AT&T, Verizon, etc..- We're not gonna take it!!  joerocket! | 09/12/07
Hmmm, good point  maldain | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  cesar.bremer@... | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  reabd@... | 09/12/07
In five years, NTP will be where SCO is now.  jason0x21 | 09/12/07
Doubt that...  flatliner | 09/21/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  LaJuan | 09/12/07
Can't have our cake and eat it too  josephmartins | 09/12/07
The only reform that makes sense is to  maldain | 09/12/07
Great idea, but . . . ?  photog7 | 09/12/07
If you have your cake you can eat it  voska | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  DWFRIEND@... | 09/12/07
wireless sueing  DWFRIEND@... | 09/12/07
What a joke.  croberts | 09/12/07
That was stupid move  pauliusp | 09/12/07
A real delimma  MrBeck | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  farson@... | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  Redsheep | 09/12/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  jimgoudy@... | 09/12/07
Emercency Legislation Needed  pcguy777 | 09/12/07
NTP is the classic "patent troll" ...  mwagner@... | 09/12/07
Monstrous mountain of patent applications, and...  D. W. Bierbaum | 09/12/07
NTP will cost us all  Narg | 09/12/07
All patents must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 09/12/07
Sue You, Sue Me . . .  Warinpiece | 09/12/07
Military, Marconi, and Hams  jollyrgr3@... | 09/12/07
Its Prior Art - Patent is flawed  wwwsupport | 09/13/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  Windy-1 | 09/14/07
Let sleeping dogs lie  Tom_M | 09/14/07
RE: NTP: We sue the (wireless) world  kokuryu | 09/14/07
Patent Trolls back again  Tom in Toronto | 09/18/07

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