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Ahh, NTP – those crazy patent-infringement-lawsuit experts are at it again. Apparently, they weren’t satisfied with their $618 million settlement from RIM, and now they’re jumping on the patent-infringement bandwagon that seems to be rolling through the US these days.
NTP alleges that AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile are infringing on eight patents that NTP holds on mobile email technology. The patent-holding firm is also calling out the Sidekick for specifically treading on NTP mobile email patents.
NTP is seeking royalties on all smartphones and PDAs and other email devices from the four national wireless carriers.
Yea, good luck NTP, but not too much luck – just enough to spend part of your RIM-settlement windfall on court fees, and learn a lesson.
[Via: The Globe and Mail]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
