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The BlackBerry Infringing on Other Technologies?
windwaker writes "The maker of the popular BlackBerry waits to see if he's infringing on eight other patents. If this is true, future BlackBerrys will have to be licensed differently, to compensate for the infringement."
The national league of fruit growers have taken an interest, and intend to persue legal action due to infringment upon their patents on berries which are black.
They're infringing my patent of something that does something with something resulting in something that is something which may or may not be used for something and including but not limited to something that does something where you enter data with something...
...has said that his engineers have created a technical workaround that can be used with all existing and future BlackBerry devices, thereby skirting the patent issue.
Until he finds out that the patent for "workarounds for electronic devices that appear to infringe patents" has already been issued...
Frankly I hope they sue themselves into oblivion and then maybe someone will think about reviewing the whole concept of patents.
Seven puppies were harmed during the making of this post.
the buttons; the plastic casing; the use of symbols to convey meaning; and of course the device's flagrant use of electricity. Face it, they were asking for this.
6:30 AM -- Get up /. and read that there's a new patent infringment case
6:31 AM -- Go to the bathroom
6:32 AM -- Get coffee
6:35 AM -- Open Firefox, go to
6:40 AM -- ?
7:00 AM -- profit!
we see things not as as they are, but as we are.
-- anais nin