NTP Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine

UltraAyla writes, "NTP's patent suits seem to have attracted the attention of Oren Tavory, a man who claims to have worked on a project with NTP founder Thomas Campana back in 1991. From the article: '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.'"

NTP

[nacturation]

I take it NTP isn't an acronym for "No To Patents"?
 

Lawyers FTW!

[paladinwannabe2]

Ah, Lawsuits. Is there any problem you can't solve?

You know what they say

[MyNameIsEarl]

Live by the patent, die by the patent. Or maybe it was swords. Nah I'm pretty sure it was patent.

"unjust enrichment"

[bunions]

the fact that you can actually sue someone for "unjust enrichment" is sort of awesome.

"unjust enrichment"

[Anonymous Coward]

"the fact that you can actually sue someone for 'unjust enrichment' is sort of awesome."

Well if you can invade a country for simply suspecting unjust enrichment, I'd think being able to sue for it is a given. *Ba-dum*ching*

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Come to Think of It...

[faqmaster]

Let's all sue NTP. I read a sci-fi novel back in the day where messages were zipping around in space. I thought a lot about it. Surely that qualifies as early work on wireless email?

Re: Lawyers FTW!

[DittoBox]

Ah, Lawsuits. Is there any problem you can't solve?

Yes. The lawyers don't keel over and die when they're finished, like the should.

Pardon me if I am trolling....

[Demanche]

But this guy sounds like he should open his own holding company, if he wins this he can be the one that squanders the squanders... I actually wish him luck!

NTP

[maxrate]

I hate NTP (the company) because of the lawsuit against RIM. But to make matters worse for myself - my mind has since associated NTP the company with NTP the time protocol. Everytime I have to setup a NTP connection to a server I think of RIM. However when I think of RIM, I think of a RIM job. No, not a job a RIM. Yes this is off-topic - but I had to get this off my chest.

Sounds Like... *Waves hands wildly*

[Stanistani]

Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of [lawyer] that thrives on [patent trolls].

Lisa: But then we're stuck with [lawyers]!

Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the [lawyers] simply freeze to death.

clocks?

[pe1chl]

Does that mean we can no longer keep our clocks synchronized without paying royalties?

Qui-Gonn Jin says...

[theMAGE]

"There is always a bigger fish."

OpenNTP

[Gothmolly]

Aren't most people running OpenNTP these days?

one of the patents...

[Ubergrendle]

...was apparently for threaded message posting on an online web forum.

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[dmatos]

I hate NTP (the company) because of the lawsuit against RIM. But to make matters worse for myself - my mind has since associated NTP the company with NTP the time protocol. Everytime I have to setup a NTP connection to a server I think of RIM. However when I think of RIM, I think of a RIM job. No, not a job a RIM. Yes this is off-topic - but I had to get this off my chest.

If you need to get it off your chest, it's not a rim job. There's another name for that activity.