NTP vs RIM

NTP, a patent holding company, or as we know NPE, sued Research In Motion Ltd for patent infringement. Research in Motion is known to be the maker of Blackberry. This dispute was settled for $612.5M because RIM investors and customers explained that continued business is far more important than one lawsuit. After this dispute the USPTO reviewed the questionable patents of NTP and invalidated or nullified some of them. However, even though this is preventative for the future, I don’t find it fair that RIM ltd still had to pay. Arstechnia, an online forum and site for technology believes NTP is currently attempting to target large mobile phone makers and their allies such as Nokkia, AT&T, and others. Many patent trolls are though to simply target small companies and startups, but here we see that they also target the largest companies in their industry if they can as they would make more money from them.