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Blackberry In Court Again Over Patents

Posted by simoniker on from the patently-delightful dept.

uqbar writes "Looks like Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian makers of the portable Blackberry email device, are back in court again. If patent holding company NTP wins their case, then RIM would be barred from selling Blackberry pagers in the US and would owe $54 million. Is this yet another case of overreaching patents gone amok?" We previously covered the original ruling in this case in August 2003.

6 of 185 comments (clear)

  1. Short Answer...No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Long Answer...Yes

  2. Does anyone by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    use pagers anymore?

  3. So are Sony and Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    see you in court circle jerks !!! its THE place to be seen this year,

    http://www.technewsworld.com/story/34195.html

  4. blackberry whine by DoctorDeath · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The article I read stated that the US govt. issued blackberries to key employees after 9/11. The idea was that since the cell phones were tied up then key people could communicate by email over the blackberry. Only it seems most of them were being used for online dating. Hmmm, sounds like maybe they are needed after all.

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  5. Re:Exiting models? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    TheCEO of NTP had this to say: "We're really going to lick rim in this case".

  6. Re:Should be a time limitation! by HuevosGrandes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ludicrous Ludicrous Ludicrous Ludicrous Ludicrous Ludicrous.. say it five times fast.. bet you can't.. thank god for command-c/v or writing it would be hard too...

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