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   Judges Responsibility

   

   Chris, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 1:17pm

   
   

   The judge's job is not to guess if the patents issued by the USPTO are valid. The laws assume that the patents issued are good, and the judges job is to enforce existing law. We're all guarenteed a fair and speedy trial. What is the submitter suggesting, that court cases be put into limbo until participants have the time to get the rules changed to fit their case? The real solution to this issue would be to fix the patent process, a much stickier proposal.

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   anonymous, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 1:54pm

   
   

   I do not see how it is that unreasonable when there is a third part involved that is basically telling the judge to hold up a bit.

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 2:08pm

   
   

   It's like with a murder case and new evidence that it may not have been the current defendent's finger prints on the weapon (over simplification I know). This indication of possible rejection should at least give an extension because it has been declared by another government agency and not some 3rd party that wants to hold off the trial.

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   No Subject Given

   

   Anonymous Coward, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 2:35pm

   
   

   ...makes me wonder if the gov. offical's fear of losing their crackberries had anything to do with the impeccable timing?

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   Mike, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 3:15pm

   
   

   Not entirely true. The judge must consider precedent along with current law. If the Patent office has all but said they will invalidate the patents AND if they are in the process of issuing said decisions (which they are), the judge must consider that and if he's smart, he will push the decision date out to allow the patent office top finish or risk having his decision vacated by a higher court. A speedy trial does not really apply to business but more to our personal rights. It's also wrong to bankrupt a company on data that is known to be incorrect just to "clear his calendar"
   
   And yes, the PO definitely needs fixing, no doubt.

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   Judge Should Move Forward

   

   IAAL, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 3:19pm

   
   

   The reason the Judge should move forward is what is called a "Request for Continued Examination" or RCE. No office action rejection is ever "final," once you get a "final" rejection, you just file an RCE and continue FOR YEARS. So, if we want some form of resolution anytime soon, the Judge should move forward.

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   Andrew Strasser, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 4:00pm

   
   

   Then again most people in these sort of positions seem to think they are above the law. So really it has ne bearing the Judge obviously doesn't care what's right he is just being a pain toward someone. I don't even see the problem here.

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   Mike, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 4:09pm

   
   

   Who is above the law? The judge or the idiots running the lawsuit? Or the idiots that have not updated the laws to reflect high tech or even better, the idiots who should have updated the PO rules years ago?

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   Re: Judges Responsibility

   

   Kirk, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 4:15pm

   
   

   Nothing here can even remotely be said to be speedy. The most likely issue is that the judge is looking to clear the case from his docket after more then 3 years.
   
   There are other possible reasons including that the judge wants to punish RIM for backing out of the settlement agreement. Or he might be tired of Canadians.
   

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    Re: Judges Responsibility

    

    Rob Tyree, Feb 22nd, 2006 @ 4:39pm

    
    

    The upcoming hearing is not to determine whether NTP has a valid claim that RIM violated their patent - it's a hearing to grant NTP an injunction against RIM pending the outcome of the trial. If there is evidence to suggest that NTP's main body of evidence - their patents - will be invalidated, I think the judge is perfectly within his right to deny NTP injunctive relief pending the outcome of the trial itself, especially considering the potential harm to RIM and it's business. If NTP wins the trial, RIM will be forced to settle anyway, so there is really no downside for NTP either way.
    
    I'm not going to argue that our patent process is badly broken, but until it is fixed, we should do our best to uphold the spirit of the law, not necessarily the letter of the law.

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