NTP sues Palm; RIM seen quietly snickering

Given that it's been six months since we last heard from NTP, we figured that the company had taken its $612 million, paid its hefty legal fees, and moved onto something more productive -- like sitting on a private Caribbean island drinking umbrella-laden cocktails all day. Unfortunately, we neglected to take into account NTP's limitless desire for suing other companies dry. So, still needing more money, NTP has filed a patent infringement suit against Palm in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging in a press release that "Palm's products, services, systems and processes infringe NTP's patents." In a related matter, Scrooge McDuck is suing NTP for infringing his patent on a gold coin-filled swimming room.

[Via Reuters]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 4:56PM]

This is one of the funnier posts I have read on engadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 5:28PM]

Can someone make NTP go away?! These guys are a joke. How about actually taking those patents and bring a product to market instead of riding on the coat tails of others hard work.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 5:33PM]

haha nice picture - Ducktales! Takes me back to my childhood.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 5:58PM]

F***ing leeches. I'm (almost) hoping some disgruntled ex-RIM/Palm employee goes batshit insane and blows up NTP HQ with all the execs^H^H^H^H^Hgreedy bastards inside.

[rbrome Posted Nov 6th 2006 6:22PM]

Haha... Great graphic. I freakin' loved DuckTales. Awesome post, guys!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 6:46PM]

Palm should immediatly give NTP 612mill. RIMM did and not only did there stock price double, there market cap increased by about 8 billion!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 6:53PM]

Palm deserved it, releasing the half assed 68 instead of the nice 750

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 6th 2006 6:46PM]

I would like to start a fund for some company to sue NTP for any friggin thing they can dream up.

[Dahk Posted Nov 7th 2006 12:04AM]

Ahah awesome post cyrus. There's my childhood as well.

Well, rbeck, you gotta remember RIM was being chased by NTP for like. ohhhhh 5 million years possibly. They had this amazing backup plan anyway, flick of a switch bam, no problemo. okay... i'm not sure how easy it wouldve been. but they had somethign planned.

THAT. and well, pearl? a little while after? was probably the reason why RIM soared the stocks.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2006 12:32PM]

Ha fuuny stuff but what about Huey, Dewey and Louie

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2006 3:59PM]

Scrooge McDuck...patent...gold swimming room ROFFL&CAO