A New Nigerian Scam

It seems that the only things that Nigeria makes the news for these days is oil related unrest, various forms of fraud, and one of the highest indices of corruption in the world.

The latest one is a Nigerian firm, Lagos Analysis Corp. (Lancor), suing the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) non profit over a “4 shift keyboard“, which allows for better handling of multiple languages.

The kicker is that the OLPC has not shipped any of the keyboards.

Oh, and that one of the principals at Lancor, served time for bank fraud.

Also, it appears that there is no valid patent in the first place.

Go, Groklaw is your friend, and it appears that there is a crooked judge in Nigeria.

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