Patent infringement lawsuit against OLPC in Nigeria

[Zvi Devir]

It is a Nigerian design patent.
A. Nigerian patents apply only in Nigeria.
B. Design patents don't cover technology.
C. The patent is not accessible.
D. Prior art.
E. /.

nick knouf wrote:
> Just saw a link to this today, about a patent infringement lawsuit  
> filed in Nigeria against OLPC:
> 
> http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=796745
> 
>  From the article:
> 
> 'LANCOR's lawsuit alleges that OLPC purchased two KONYIN Multilingual  
> Keyboard models (KONYIN Nigeria Multilingual Keyboard and KONYIN  
> United States Multilingual Keyboard) with the express purpose of  
> illegally reverse engineering the source codes for use in OLPC's XO  
> Laptops. "The willful infringement of our client's intellectual  
> property is so blatant and self-evident in the OLPC's XO Laptops,"  
> said Solicitor Ade Adedeji, "we will have no problem establishing the  
> facts of our client's case against OLPC in any court of law."'
> 
> I don't know Nigerian reverse-engineering laws so I don't know if the  
> case has any merit, but is there any word about how this will affect  
> the XO in Nigeria?
> 
> nick