Does anyone know exactly what patent they infringed upon? It would really piss me off if the government shut off my electronic device because the company screwed up. Anyone got the low-down?
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Blackberry Rights Issue?
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rockandrule said:
these patents also keep apple products cool and innovative, if there was nothing to protect inventors there would be less innovation in the world because there would be no financial gain in it.
it has to do with how the blackberry receives e-mail and message and the system they use. i don't know they exact patient number, but you google around or look at the brief that was filled with the SC.
rockandrule said:
LOL. I was on another planet when I saw the title of this post ( watching the Canadian election results ) - I was thinking Blackberry the berries.
Rights for Blackberries - wtf?!! A joke thread obviously.
Anyway, the BBC had an article today about a recent court ruling:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4640438.stm
superbovine said:
Yeah, i think someone patented sending and receiving email from a portable device using the system BlackBerry currently uses, but I think it's stupid that someone could patent emailing, even from a portable device.
I can't imagine the impact this would have on people, businesses, as my wife just received a Blackberry from her employer.
I have been using one for a while, and love it. I would not want to be without it. A couple of notes: 1., I believe the issue is whether international companies that develop or use software (i.e. RIM Blackberry in Canada) that when they start using it in the US infringes on another (US) company's patent is legal or not. The judges in VA have said "yes" it is patent infringement. RIM tried to settle with them, a relatively small comany for over $400million, when a judge rejected the settlement. Instead, the company NTP is reaping over 5% of blackberry sales in the US (from another ruling). Sooo...the companies both have good reason to sort this out, if the judge would just get out of the way.
2. Blackberry says they have developed a "work around" software to use for US customers incase they have to bypass the NTP patent.
Unfortunately, it is not about the consumer, just about the money.
2. Blackberry says they have developed a "work around" software to use for US customers incase they have to bypass the NTP patent.
Unfortunately, it is not about the consumer, just about the money.
