[IP] USPTO grants generic smartphone patent

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Kurt Albershardt [kurt@nv.net]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 7:51 PM
To: David Farber
Subject: USPTO grants generic smartphone patent

A company receives a patent for "a mobile entertainment and communication device" on Monday the 22nd then, at 12:01 a.m. the next day sues Apple, Nokia, RIM, Sprint, AT&T, HP, Motorola, Helio, HTC, Sony Ericsson, UTStarcomm, Samsung and a bunch of others.

<http://techdirt.com/articles/20080124/16382062.shtml>

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