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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.

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  1. Re:Same case, this is the appeal. by JasonUCF · · Score: 1, Redundant

    statement: "Now, why was this misleading?"

    lets analyze.

    Note I prefaced the term "misleading" with "a bit"

    "a bit"
    Defined as : A small portion, degree, or amount.

    So if we were to rework your statement to reflect the original context in which I used it:

    "Now, why was this a bit misleading?"

    I would say because "In Court Again" implies that they left court the first time. The phrase "In Court Again" implies there is a new reason for them to be in court. The reality is they never left, this is a continuation of the original case. Not wholely misleading, but "A bit" just the same.

    Thank you, drive thru please.