One More Time: There Goes Another NTP Patent
from the hit-me-again dept
It looks like the judge isn't the only one in a hurry in the NTP-RIM patent imbroglio. Following its rejection of a second NTP patent yesterday, the US Patent Office has today rejected a third patent of the company. These are "non-final actions", and can be appealed by NTP, but the Patent Office has indicated that it expects its next action with all three to be a final rejection, either in whole or in part. NTP can then appeal those decisions, potentially dragging the matter out even further. Again, why does the legal case press on when the patents are so clearly in doubt? The most logical and responsible course of action would be to let the Patent Office do its thing before deciding to shut down Blackberry service or penalize RIM. But, given that it's a patent dispute, logic probably doesn't apply.
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Silly
Since we can give some defendants the death penalty with obviously insufficient evidence, can we also give an ignorant judge the death penalty for completely ignoring the responsibilities of his office because he is impatient with the patent office and bored with the case? No? Why not?!
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Be careful when insulting US judge
Hey, who the fuck are you to insult US judge ?
Judges and juries are all we, little guys, have to protect us from the big evil guys.
In this case, the judge was following the Law to
the letter, isn't it what we all want ?
His initial ruling back in 2002 (injunction for Crackberries) was upheld on appeal, by the way.
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And since then, the USPTO has rejected three patents and is leaning towards a final rejection on these three patents. Justice works both ways. If three of the five or six patents that RIM supposedly violated become invalid, what validity is their in the original ruling and appeal?
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