The settlement is a win-win deal, though it is very painful for RIM, and it proves that our patent system is completely broken. NTP gets $612 million for coming up with a fairly obvious idea, patenting it and suing a company too arrogant to settle early on. -Avi Greengart

 

The settlement is a win-win deal, though it is very painful for RIM, and it proves that our patent system is completely broken. NTP gets $612 million for coming up with a fairly obvious idea, patenting it and suing a company too arrogant to settle early on.


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Being distracted can be devastating.

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As a one-shot deal; this frees RIM to go back to its business without any further complications.

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This is something Yahoo has been trying to do for a long time: broaden its online presence into the mobile tier.

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Given their problem with the Palm OS and Access, they have to do something. It would be better if they could do something more quickly. But it's a win for Palm and for RIM.

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They're damned if they do launch a bunch of new phones, and they're damned if they don't.

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