http://richtehrani.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Rich Tehrani en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:53:58 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://richtehrani.sys-con.com/node/166629 Since Google is being sued by RTI, they were likely approached by Rates Technology and refused to pay the requested amount. It should be noted that company spokesperson Jerry Weinberger says that RTI does not negotiate, for if they negotiated their fees it would not be fair to the other companies that paid the full amount. There is no ongoing licensing fee for the RTI patents, rather RTI charges a one-time fee based on one of five tiers, each according to highest parent company's worldwide sales. They do not deviate from these tiers. In exchange you get a covenant protecting you from a lawsuit.<p><a href="http://richtehrani.sys-con.com/node/166629" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:00:00 EST http://richtehrani.sys-con.com/node/166629 http://richtehrani.sys-con.com/node/166629#feedback