What would you do if the US patent office gave you the go-ahead on a far-reaching, non-specific application filed for a "mobile entertainment and communication device"? If your answer was that you would immediately draw up lawsuits against almost every major electronics manufacturer that even looked at a smartphone funny, you get a cookie. Yes folks, as impossible as it is to believe, the holders of the aforementioned patent have just sued Apple, Nokia, RIM, Sprint, AT&T, HP, Motorola, Helio, HTC, Sony Ericsson, UTStarcomm, and Samsung... amongst others. So eager was this company to sue, in fact, that legal papers were filed a day before the patent was granted, and subsequently had to re-submitted. The real sucker-punch here is that the patent simply combines a list of prior technologies jumbled into one product, a practice which has recently been ruled against by the Supreme Court. Still, we doubt it will stop the holders from trying to nab a few dollars in settlements, staying the work of real innovators, and generally making a mockery of our patent system. Bravo!
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posted Jan 25th 2008 11:58PM
How Gay Can They Be?
Why do people use the work gay to mean bad?
Why don't you just say what a bunch of money hungry jews? Oh right you can't say that, that would be racist.
So, ya then lets just call them gay, and indirectly insult 5% of the population of the planet instead. That's much better.
I bet they are very happy
Couldn't Be Any Gayer Than You, Nick B, For Such A Lame Comment.
I dont like you Nick B
What a bunch of despicable cretins.
I'm suing www.engadget.com for having the same article as www.engadgetmobile.com
too bad you can't do that, only if you own www.engadgetmobile.com :-)
i hope they do get something out of this. because they saw the flaws in the joke of a patent system. bravo to them, wish i would have thought of it.
and that is why you pay MORE for products, because company's have to shell out millions of $'s to morons that are sue happy
Wow stupid move.....Taking on 20 companies all worth Billions is just plain stupid considering 20 highly paid lawyers will just destroy one....They should take it on a case by case basis
no, we pay more because we live in a capitalistic society and all mobile phone companies care about is our money, and how they can get their hands on it.
Stop comparing gayness to racist comments, only animals screw members of the same sex because they are to dumb to care. It hurts doesn't it! The truth that is..
b_a_boone, you are such an ignorant person there is not enough room in this little box to tell you why. You're such a MOron I bet you worship Hitler also dont you>>>>>>