Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

End of the Road for U.S. BlackBerry Users ?

Posted by Zonk on from the that-would-be-a-shame dept.

_termx23 writes "US BlackBerry users may have to find an alternative source for their email addiction after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington rejected a request by Research in Motion to rehear its appeal of a patent infringement case brought by NTP, which holds a portfolio of wireless email-related patents violated by RIM." From the article: "As part of that litigation, NTP, whose only assets are wireless e-mail related patents, had been granted an injunction banning the sale of BlackBerry devices in the United States and forcing Research in Motion to stop providing e-mail services to all American customers except government account holders. While the court declined Research in Motion's request for a complete rehearing by all 12 of its judges, it did order the panel of three judges to review some aspects of NTP's patent claims." We've discussed this previously.

2 of 446 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Except government? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Maybe the doctor should get off the golf course and back into the office? Oh, he's not playing golf? He must be cutting deals with drug reps on the next miracle pill to mass-prescribe.

  2. Re:While the USA Sues Itself Out Of Existence by aaronl · · Score: -1, Troll

    First of all, copyright/patent law has been happening in the EU. If they got their way, they would've had a worse system than the US. That shows very badly for the future.

    If you hadn't managed to notice, the EU is a socialist structure. That means that over time, more and more power will aggregate on the top. Then you are left with an incredibly powerful large government that can do what it wants, as all the citizens depend on it to live. Socialism is sort of guaranteed to fail, since it requires quite a few abridgments of freedom to function.

    I might not agree with what happens in the US, but the constant babble about the EU being the height of government or something is ridiculous. The EU is, by default, a more restrictive setup than the US. It does not represent the citizens of the alliance, but the governments. It is not above corruption, as has been already seen. The EU is *not* any better than what the US has become.

    You want to see the future of the EU? Visit the US, and then visit China. Now please knock off the bs until you go read more history and politics.