Comments on: Patents Roundup: Microsoft Stung, Microsoft’s Troll Speaks to Facebook, Alternatives Considered, and USPTO Head Calls Patents “Monopolies” http://techrights.org/2009/07/20/microsoft-troll-facebook-and-more/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zatoichi http://techrights.org/2009/07/20/microsoft-troll-facebook-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-71013 zatoichi Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:05:31 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=15236#comment-71013 <B><i>Research In Motion (RIMM) this morning said it will pay $267.5 million as part of an agreement to settle all existing patent litigation with venture-backed Visto, which is now known as Good Technology.</i></b> I take strong exception to your characterization of Good Technologies as a "patent troll". Good has been making synchronization solutions for use with Exchange servers (don't start, people use them, there isn't a law against it) for more years than Research in Motion has been making Blackberries. Good made the first Exchange sync solution for Palm Os (and I worked for Palm from 2001-2003, so I'm in a position to speak authoritatively here.) Whether you like or dislike patents, they exist, and if Good has one that RIM is infringing--and as I said, it seems quite likely that they might--and if RIM has refused to come to terms with them, then they have every right to settle it in court. Research In Motion (RIMM) this morning said it will pay $267.5 million as part of an agreement to settle all existing patent litigation with venture-backed Visto, which is now known as Good Technology.

I take strong exception to your characterization of Good Technologies as a “patent troll”. Good has been making synchronization solutions for use with Exchange servers (don’t start, people use them, there isn’t a law against it) for more years than Research in Motion has been making Blackberries. Good made the first Exchange sync solution for Palm Os (and I worked for Palm from 2001-2003, so I’m in a position to speak authoritatively here.)

Whether you like or dislike patents, they exist, and if Good has one that RIM is infringing–and as I said, it seems quite likely that they might–and if RIM has refused to come to terms with them, then they have every right to settle it in court.

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