Vodacom Please Call Me fight continues in court

[Kevin Lancaster]

Vodacom Please Call Me fight continues

Nkosana Makate, the person who claims to have invented Vodacom’s Please Call Me service, has filed papers in the Constitutional Court to get money for his invention.

 

[RichardG]

He should have pattern the idea. Problem solve. Received royalty for every please cacall me sent..


On a serious note..


Please call me are annoying

 

[ichigo]

He should have patented the idea, problem solved and received royalty for every please call me sent.


On a serious note..


Please call me are annoying

fixed

 

[AntiGanda]

Alan Knott-Craig invented it. It says so in his autobiography.

;-)

 

[j4ck455]

Was this Makate guy seriously rich to start with? If he is not rich, how is he paying for all the legal fees for the time he keeps on wasting in court?

 

[Beri]

Was this Makate guy seriously rich to start with? If he is not rich, how is he paying for all the legal fees for the time he keeps on wasting in court?

Lawyers will get their cut when they win.

 

[AntiGanda]

Lawyers will get their cut when they win.

He is being backed by some companies who are expecting 40% I hear.

 

[jannievanzyl]

Was this Makate guy seriously rich to start with? If he is not rich, how is he paying for all the legal fees for the time he keeps on wasting in court?

He "sold" the case to a legal company. They then proceed on risk.

 

[Swa]

Are they denying he was promised compensation by the then manager? If not they should step up and pay.

 

[Nephew_]

Can someone just give this guy a pk?

 

[ponder]

Was this Makate guy seriously rich to start with? If he is not rich, how is he paying for all the legal fees for the time he keeps on wasting in court?

It works like this, the firm takes on cases for a big cut, the firm has private local/foreign investors, a case by case risk analysis is done before they take on any case. Makate is not footing the bill here.

Google Sterling-Rand

 

[j4ck455]

Google Sterling-Rand

http://www.iol.co.za/business/compa...gets-financial-backing-1.1561224#.VTUwz3V7jUY

Stirling Rand has already paid R5 million in legal fees for Makate.

Speaking to Business Report last week, Elsdon said his company only pursued litigation where it anticipated a more than 70 percent chance of success.

Curiously:

“If we lose, we bear the costs. We take the risk entirely. We fund a case right [highlight]until[/highlight] the Constitutional Court.”

I wonder if "until" in that context means "up to and including" or "up to but excluding", presumably the former.

 

[kianm]

#PayBackTheMoney

 

[ponder]

I wonder if "until" in that context means "up to and including" or "up to but excluding", presumably the former.

Former.

 

[Ninja'd]

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[Excalibur]

Makate has won! On course to becoming fabulously rich!