Comments on: Patent office issues final rejection of NTP patent

Decision marks first "final" rejection of one of the patents at issue in NTP's case against BlackBerry maker RIM.

[SeizeCTRL]

LOL

I hope NTP loses out on this. Imagine if they completely lose this case because all their patents have been proved invalid... and they were sitting their trying to hold out for MORE MONEY, like $450 million wasn't enough for them. It would rule to see them not make a dime off of RIM now :)

[sancat]

The sad thing is it doesnt matter if they are not valid

They were valid until they are turned down; RIM might have to pay for the time the patents were valid, that means from time they were issued, until today...

The patent system is completely broken, and NTPs are around every honey pot to try to either extract some money, or bring more work to lawyers.

[Dean_Ansari]

Patent office does something right

Patent office does something right finally by invalidating this bogus patent of NTP.

But Patent office needs to take steps to prevent such bogus patents being issued, which now a days are being issued at a torrid rate.
And the best way to stop them, is to require the patent claimant to actually have made the Patent into a Product!
As anyone who has made anything knows, the difficulty is not in the drawings, but in working out the last 1% of the bugs to put out a product that works, and is user friendly.

So to issue patents to just something written on a paper without an actual product to show for it, is just asking for lawyers to make tons of money at the expense of the public.

[eandros]

Who are you to say they're BOGUS?

have you gotten the patent descriptions and reviewed them? If so what is the basis for your accusation? It's so easy for everyone to say that when they don't even know anything (or much) about the case....give me some PROOF they're bogus, then you can make your charge. E. Diamond

[wtortorici]

No matter who wins...

the consumer looses. the cost of the products will have to reflect the lawyers fees, and you can bet they're going to be considerable.