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RIM Wins BlackBerry Patent Dispute in UK

Posted by Zonk on from the one-down dept.

Guinnessy writes "Research In Motion has won its first patent case against Inpro Licensing. Justice Nicholas Pumfrey rejected a claim by Luxembourg-based Inpro Licensing SARL that it holds a UK patent on the technology used by RIM to transpose images and Internet files onto BlackBerry screens ruling that all the claims at issue were either obvious or lacking in novelty. It is the second European legal victory this year for RIM, following a Munich court's invalidation of a German version of the same patent. The big court case of course is on Feb 24 when a U.S. court will consider whether the BlackBerry service should be halted for infringing patents held by licensing firm NTP."

2 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Fuck the Fagberries! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    they gonna get teh pwnt!

  2. Re:80% of RIM's business is in North America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Don't feel sorry for them. The executives at RIM are some of the biggest assholes you'll ever know. They muscled their way to the top with shady business practices and scorched Earth legal practices. Don't hug poisonous trees.