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June 6, 2006
IT Industry in Fear of Patent Trolls
"The
global IT industry lives in fear of sharp operators that file patents and sue
others that use the technology or device covered by it to force lucrative
settlements. These so-called patent trolls have no production lines or staff of
their own - they are usually merely a handful of patent lawyers. Sometimes they
simply buy patents from bankrupt companies."
So reports The Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean news service, on June 6.
About the NTP v. RIM case, dyslexically reported as NPT: "NPT is a paper company, but the highest U.S. court nonetheless ruled in its favor." The foolishness of U.S. courts not to determine companies as real or just paper, and rule accordingly.
The Chosun Ilbo prudently refuses to let truth soil opinion:
Whatever the truth in these cases, patent trolls are claiming more victims in the U.S., which has led to calls for a law to prevent abuse of patents. Many feel the original purpose of the patent system -- to guarantee inventors' exclusive rights to their own work and thus encourage technology innovation -- is being abused by shysters out for a quick buck whose practices in fact hurt technology development.
In other vital information reported today by The Chosun Ilbo, "History Attests to Korean Stars' All-Natural Looks" - stunning natural Korean beauties that beg the question: "can Korea's gene pool really have produced the perfection that graces TV screens all over Asia" without resorting to plastic surgery? Why of course. Just as patent trolls are so ugly as to deserve genocide, so the loveliness of its nubile pulchritude testifies to Korea's genetic perfection.
Posted by Patent Hawk at June 6, 2006 3:58 PM | International