[nickcarraway]

They have full authority to take intellectual property from a U.S. company and give it to a Canadian company? It's nice to know the Constitution gives them that power.

[proxy_user]

I don't see property rights mentioned in the Constitution. That's really up to the states.

But in the case of patents and copyright, Congress is given explicit authority. They could pass a law making all patents expire in five minutes if they chose to do so.

[mikesmad]

I have not read the patents in depth, but after skimming over them I don't see how they can stand. They are so damn generic that they could shut down all email that uses any type of store and forward technology.

I suspect the patent office will throw out the patents eventually and if the judge had any sense he would wait to rule until the patent office has completed their review.

[untrained skeptic]

They have full authority to take intellectual property from a U.S. company and give it to a Canadian company? It's nice to know the Constitution gives them that power.

They can't just take it, but the can force them to lisence it for reasonable terms.