Technology Patents LLC sues 131 companies over SMS patents

Patent holding company Technology Patents LLC has filed a lawsuit against a whopping 131 companies worldwide. It accuses these companies of knowingly infringing on two of its patents that address a fairly simple concept: international text messaging. - Ars Technica

Sounds like Fat Tony's been to Law School, eh?

These kinds of laws embody the opposite of the principles of patent protection as we know them today. Columbia IP Law Group's founder Al AuYeung is one of the West Coast's most recognized high technology patent and intellectual property lawyers. Intellectual property (IP) law provides two different and conflicting ways to protect technology: patent and trade secret protection.

But it is not without controversy. The confusion surrounds how the office applies the criteria. Controversy widens over MPEG-4 technology, and patent pooling, for example.

Online music companies may have a new headache to deal with after a recent court decision on a download-technology patent. Recent News Releases such as the one you are reading are flooded with reports of fly-by-night companies jumping on intellectual patent bandwagon. It is ridiculous.

I have an idea for a device consisting of "keys" on a "board" that inputs to my computer. Technology patent is being filed tomorrow.