[IP] Re: On Neutral Networks, settlements and freeconference

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Fred Benenson <fred.benenson@gmail.com>
Date: March 20, 2007 6:54:16 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: On Neutral Networks, settlements and  
freeconference

Dave,
  In response to Mr. Riley's comment, it would seem that the actual  
of the inventor of the patent in the RIM v. NTP case never would have  
seen a dime anyway: NTP patented the invention with no intention of  
remunerating the inventor. John Markoff wrote an NYTimes an article  
about it last year: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/technology/ 
16wireless.html

"... as Mr. Goodfellow remembers it, [NTP's lawyer] introduced him to  
a travel companion by saying: "Geoff's the inventor of wireless e- 
mail. My client patented some of its implementation workings.""

Fred Benenson
President, Free Culture @ NYU



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