Patent Office Gives Final Rejection To NTP Patent, With Interesting Timing
from the my-gavel's-bigger-than-yours dept
The US Patent Office has issued a final rejection of one of NTP's patents -- just as it said it would. The USPTO has given "non-final" rejections to all five of the NTP patents in question, but this final rejection comes just two days before the judge in the case is set to hear arguments that could put an injunction on RIM's business in the US. This is the judge that's said he won't wait for the patent office to rule on the patents to issue his decision, but this action by the office (which, of course, NTP can appeal) almost seems designed to put pressure on him to do so. The underlying issue is the legitimacy of the patents, and given the USPTO's indication that they'll ultimately be rejected, that should take precendence over the judge's desire to keep his calendar moving.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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And yes, the PO definitely needs fixing, no doubt.
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There are other possible reasons including that the judge wants to punish RIM for backing out of the settlement agreement. Or he might be tired of Canadians.
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I'm not going to argue that our patent process is badly broken, but until it is fixed, we should do our best to uphold the spirit of the law, not necessarily the letter of the law.
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Judge Should Move Forward
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Not used to seeing it here.
Every comment has the same avatar, Looks like multiple personality disorder gone wild.
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