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The problem with the system ...
... is that one can sue for patent infringement BEFORE the patent has been certified by the US Patent Office. NTP has never made money off of these patents and did not even TRY to protect their patents until somebody else figured out how to make money off of similar technology.

A patent troll is someone who holds a patent but makes no use of it -- all they do is collect royalties off of others. Such patent trolls should be free to do this once their patents are certified by the U.S. Patent Office but lawsuits on PENDING patents (especially those which have been REJECTED by the U.S. Patent Office) should not be permitted.
Posted by: mwagner@...   Posted on: 11/09/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Here we go again.... (NT)  Badgered | 11/06/06
Maybe Palm should just stall as much as possible untill the pantens are  DonnieBoy | 11/06/06
The problem with that strategy ...  mwagner@... | 11/09/06
Patent Pirates Call Their Victims Trolls  rjriley | 11/06/06
Patent Pirates Call Their Victims Trolls  rjriley | 11/06/06
let's make an example...  benitodarder | 11/07/06
That's going to be a hard sell among this crowd  James T. Kirk | 11/07/06
Come on, that's one of the oldest "scams" in the book  John Zern | 11/07/06
Why is patent troll hard to define?  bjornafreeman@... | 11/06/06
Some very good ideas for patent reform, some good first steps.  DonnieBoy | 11/06/06
But you must reward the risks too  John Zern | 11/07/06
Seems kinda vague to me  DarthRidiculous | 11/06/06
My definitions of "patent troll"  CobraA1 | 11/06/06
NTP are leeches......  linux for me | 11/07/06
All patent laws must die [nt]  Omch'Ar | 11/07/06
The problem with the system ...  mwagner@... | 11/09/06

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