[PLUG-TALK] NewEgg 1, Patent Trolls 0

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon Jan 28 15:41:06 UTC 2013


On Mon, 28 Jan 2013, Keith Lofstrom wrote:

> NewEgg took a big risk and crushed a major patent troll. Another reason to
> buy from them.

   This is down the sidebar on groklaw.net; above it this gem
<http://tinyurl.com/ahtzqv8> that reports it is now illegal to unlock a
smartphone for use on networks other than the one for which it was bought.
First time offenders can be fined up to $500,000 and imprisoned for up to 5
years. This is not an April Fool's joke!

   As years pass it becomes easier to understand the search for
extraterrestrial intelligence since there seems to be a serious dearth of
terrestrial intelligence.

   To start the week: some good news and some bad news.

Rich




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