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Story: NTP woos US government in patent case

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America's constitution confers property rights to authors and inventors. A patent is similar to a twenty year lease on real estate.

Personally I think that all the people bashing NTP for defending their rights should buy tents and set them up in their yards and invite the homeless to move in. They should raise a garden, do all the work themselves and allow the homeless to take what they want. Their door should stay unlocked and the homeless should be allowed to freely partake of whatever they feel a need for.

That is what RIM does. In fact, RIM has taken property from others, like the University of Texas who also had to sue the company. And there is the matter of RIM suing the inventor of predictive text I mid 2005. So even if RIM somehow dodges the bullet of NTP they are facing another similar case.

Then there is the issue of how RIM has very sophisticated PR and lobbying machines while all their victims do not. And the public, even ex patent attorneys buy their propaganda hook line and sinker.

Have any of you wondered why the judge in this case is so fed up with RIM? RIM tried to foist manufactured evidence on the court. RIM has apparently committed many other sins upon the court, not the least of which is apparently applying political pressure to sway the outcome, a tactic which has backfired.

The USPTO is a very political organization who has a bad habit of carrying water for 900 pound guerrillas. This case has the USPTO afraid of political backlash. NTP is a hot potato which they want to lob into the appellate courts to defuse potential political backlash. Hence their "invalidating" all the patents. But the reality is that they did grant the patents and I personally very much doubt that those patents are invalid. So in five years when the court rules the odds are that the patents will be upheld.

There are numerous relevant patents, and all NTP has to do to win this is hang RIM on one claim.

Now I want all of the RIM supporters to look at the fact that RIM is being accused to taking more than one parties property. Do you really think this company is reputable?

Those who use RIM products or services are a party to their conduct. Just remember that some day when some well heeled bully kicks the crap out of one of you and flat out steals your property while painting you as a bad apple that some of us will take the time to get at the truth while the majority may well buy the bully's propaganda.

Ronald J Riley, President
Professional Inventors Alliance
www.PIAUSA.org
RJR@PIAUSA.org
RJR Direct # (202) 318-1595

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