OLPC still dogged by Nigerians
THE One Laptop Per Child project cannot shake a $20 million lawsuit bought against it by a Nigerian bloke who claims it nicked his keyboard design.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the former jailbird Ade Oyegbola, who did time for bank fraud, has now opened a case in a US federal court in Massachusetts.
Oyegbola's company Lancor filed a patent lawsuit seeking $20 million in damages in Nigeria, and last month a federal court there rejected OLPC's bid to dismiss the case. There is also a restraining order prohibiting OLPC from distributing its laptops in Nigeria.
OLPC insists that it did not steal Lancor's design. The fact that it is going to get tied up in expensive litigation when it needs to be flogging its product does not bode well. ยต
L'Inq
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Morning Herald
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I wish to state unequivocally that you were recommended to me with regards to your image and reputation, tough we have not met or entered into any form of transaction before to determine precisely the authenticity of your honesty, however I decided to sue you on the recommendation which invariably suggest my conviction that you are trustworthy and honest.
Are patent lawsuits going to be the next 419 scam?
They run their own country into the ground, then they move on to others. Invade these clowns instead of Iran!
@whiteknave

Patent trolls have existed for as long as there have been patents. They can work both sides of the street but the software patent trolls are the absolute worst of the dispicable breed. Patents on math are just dumb.
"posted by : Ade Oyegbola, 15 December 2007"

What the hell?
Is that a quote from Oyegbola?

It must be ringing some alarm bells somewhere, a convicted fraudster, from nigeria. There is nothing to suggest it is actually dodgy or some kind of scam - the obvious intent is to make big money. But in away all patent lawsuits are almost scams, the patent system is frequently abused to the maximum legally. 
Disappointing though - to some extent, this is resulting in nigeria missing out on the OLPC - one of the many countries that really needs it.
Scratch the surface and i bet you find some legal advice coming from the overstuffed MicroSoft legal department on 'how to proceed'. 
The credentials of this scamster fit perfectly with what MS requires of their 'trusted business partners'.
Them stealin' nigga's!
All Niggaland is corrupt!