Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Thursday 03 January 2008 16:14 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Sprint Nextel, Acacia unit settle patent suit
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| A subsidiary of Acacia Research Corp. and Sprint Nextel Corp. have settled
>>>| a lawsuit alleging that Sprint Nextel had infringed on patents for
>>>| technology used to display mobile vehicle information on maps.
>>> `----
>>>
>>>
> http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/local-news/kansascity/2008/01/02/sprint-nextel-acacia-unit-settle-patent-suit
>>>
>>
>> Oh gawd, they just continue to support this system. This is truly
>> absurd. There is no point in patent here - how can this possibly be
>> benefiting anyone?
>
> This one isn't as bad as their "JPEG on a Webpage" patent. Sometimes, when I
> read these I think about the Twilight Zone. I just never wake up though.
>
The fundamental problem here is that we have a pair of antagonistic
lawyers, neither of whom understand the technology, faced with a debate
in front of a judge who doesn't understand the technology, and perhaps
(I don't know enough about the US legal system here) a jury which also
doesn't understand the technology.
No wonder this stuff continues.
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