The Noel Humphreys IP BuzzDedicated to commentary on copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents and legal issues centered on software, knowledge management, outsourcing, virtual organizations, ASP's and contracts. This is NOT legal advice.Public interest- February 24, 2006 Tomorrow, maybe we'll know about the injunction against RIM for Blackberry product infringement on NTP patents. As a lawyer, I've been wondering what is in the public interest in this context. The public interest is one of the four prongs of the test that the judge is supposed to weigh in determining whether to grant an injunction. How does the judge figure out what is in the public interest Is it a question of long-term interest versus short-term interest, for example RIM has apparently...http://radio.weblogs.com/0114730/2006/02/23.html#a348 |