How NTP covered up prior art for $20,000

A few day's of consulting work with a clause to not reveal any info to RIM during case netted Geoff Goodfellow 20,000. The case netted NTP 600 million - Disgusting.

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He Invented Wireless E-Mail Yet Earns $0 From It

Geoff Goodfellow invented wireless e-mail -- what a Blackberry does -- in 1982. He didn't patent it. Now it's worth $612.5 million. He won't get a cent. And he doesn't really mind. "You don't patent the obvious," he said.

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In Silicon Valley, a Man Without a Patent

GEOFF GOODFELLOW is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who came up with an idea that resulted in a $612.5 million payday. But he will never see a penny of it. Read the stranger tales about innovation and money in the world of technology.

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