Friday, November 10, 2006
NTP Gets A Taste of Its Own Medicine
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2006/tc20061108_536224.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
A few days ago NTP began a suit against Palm for patent infringement. It seems now that one of the guys on the of the guys on the original team back in 1985 is claiming to have developed some of the key technology NTP is holding the rights to, and he wants some of the spoils NTP recently took from RIM.
"By way of reminder, NTP says it came up with the technology used by both companies to provide wireless paging services. But now, Oren Tavory, a 43-year-old software developer living in West Palm Beach, Fla., says he got there first. Tavory says he did much of the work developing the technology behind NTP's patents. And since NTP has spun those patents into a big payday with hopes of another, Tavory says he deserves part of the credit for the patents, and some of the payouts, too. In September, Tavory filed a lawsuit against NTP in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., demanding that a judge issue a court order naming him as co-inventor on seven NTP patents, and accusing NTP of copyright infringement and unjust enrichment."
A few days ago NTP began a suit against Palm for patent infringement. It seems now that one of the guys on the of the guys on the original team back in 1985 is claiming to have developed some of the key technology NTP is holding the rights to, and he wants some of the spoils NTP recently took from RIM.
"By way of reminder, NTP says it came up with the technology used by both companies to provide wireless paging services. But now, Oren Tavory, a 43-year-old software developer living in West Palm Beach, Fla., says he got there first. Tavory says he did much of the work developing the technology behind NTP's patents. And since NTP has spun those patents into a big payday with hopes of another, Tavory says he deserves part of the credit for the patents, and some of the payouts, too. In September, Tavory filed a lawsuit against NTP in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., demanding that a judge issue a court order naming him as co-inventor on seven NTP patents, and accusing NTP of copyright infringement and unjust enrichment."
