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RIM - The Whole Story
khendron writes "The Globe and Mail has published an article titled Patently Absurd, detailing the whole history of the RIM vs. NTP wireless war. It is a blow by blow account of how a dispute that could have been settled for a few million dollars is now 'a billion-dollar dagger hanging over RIM.' The article reads like a fairy-tale of egos, legal blunders, and patent stupidity."
no pun inteded, I guess.
Fleur de Sel
You mean "Snow White, 6 Lawyers, and The One-Click Dwarf?"
I loved that one as a kid.
I got this from a waitress friend of mine...
A lot of times, people come into the restaruant she works in and while she's trying to take their order and ask them things like: "What kind of dressing do you want, what do you want to drink, etc...", they'll be looking at their crackberry and findling with the butons. Of course, they're asking her to repeat what she said and thy always get pissed when their order isn't what they thought they asked for. So, to make their rudness fun, while she's (other waitresses are doing this, too) taking their order, she'll interject a "meow", as in a cat's meow. The contest amoung the waitresses is to see how many "meows" they can say to the crackberryheads before they say "excuse me?". It's really fun to watch!
*giant cane appears and pulls flok off the stage*
This poo is cold.
After reading that blow by blow summary, I worry that many Research in Motion employees will have to say goodbye to their RIM jobs.
Who could have scripted it any better? Company seeking to cash in on stupid patent is hoist by its own petard. The resulting patent dispute threatens communications between lawmakers who rely on the stupid company with the stupid patent, so they pass a law exempting themselves from the laws they created. Can they really outlaw their own karma? Stay tuned to find out!
Shhh! Be careful, or Disney'll get you for copyright infringment!!!11
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
but you know what they say: "Fill it to the RIM ... with Grim!"
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
Wow its worse than I thought. I think you are a republican. Obviously also suffering from short man syndrome and penis envy.
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.