Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. Either way, nice to know that the fascination over patent litigation isn't avoiding charitable ventures either. By claiming that OLPC "reverse engineered" their product (and, honestly, do you really need to "reverse engineer" four shift keys?), it sounds like they're accusing the organization of willful infringement, which could be a lot costlier. It will be interesting to see the details of the case as they come out. While we think the OLPC project has all sorts of problems, that doesn't mean we think highly of using the patent system to shut down a project that clearly was intended for the greater good, rather than for profit. The company claims that the OLPC folks "reverse engineered" its four shift keys on a keyboard, in order to better handle multiple languages. A bunch of folks have been sending in the news that the One Laptop Per Child program has been hit with a patent infringement suit in Nigeria. Always nice to see two unrelated topics that we discuss on Techdirt come together in a single story.