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Following its successful patent suit against Research in Motion, NTP has now set its sites on the major telcos.
NTP, a patent holding company based in Arlington, Va., is suing Verizon, AT&T, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile USA for infringing on several of its patents, all of which are related to the delivery of e-mail to mobile devices. In their new round of suits, NTP is alleging that some of the telcos’ new e-mail-to-mobile services, such as those delivered by the T-Mobile Wing and AT&T Xpress Mail, infringe upon their patent rights. NTP wants an injunction and is demanding unspecified damages.
Read an FAQ on what the NTP suits might mean for you.
Five of the eight patents being used in the telco cases were the subject of NTP’s 2001 patent suit against Research in Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry. In November 2002, a jury found that RIM infringed upon NTP’s patents. The case continued to make headlines until 2006, when RIM agreed to pay NTP a settlement of $612.5 million, nearly four years after RIM had first been found guilty of infringing on NTP’s patents.
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Comments (16)
"Doesn't NTP have anythingBy Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 11:36 pm"Doesn't NTP have anything better to then go on a legal feeding frenzy, and just making their lawyers money." NTP is run by lawyers. They just sue and make their...
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AT&T is TOO BIG!!!By Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 12:07 pmThis reminds me of the Cobert Report: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2004785759717366066
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These suits are notBy Anonymous on September 14, 2007, 8:57 amThese suits are not "frivolous" when clearly your work is hijacked. Try buying something sometime instead of looking for the freebies.
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What are the rulesBy Anonymous on September 13, 2007, 12:46 pmIs there not a statute of limitations on a patent wher you have to create some form of working example, or demonstrate definitive progress on one within five years...
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Google the term "Patent Troll"By Anonymous on September 13, 2007, 10:49 amIf anyone thinks NTP is doing the right thing here, do yourself a favor and Google the term "Patent Troll". These types of useless companies need to be shut down....
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