Articles tagged with: Patents and Rim
Fractus Sues Ten Cellphone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement
Ten mobile phone vendors are being sued for allegedly infringing patents relating to internal antennas used on their handsets. Spanish antenna manufacturer, Fractus says that is has sued Samsung, LG, RIM, Pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTStarcom, and Sanyo for infringing nine different patents. more
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Patent Attorneys Say RIM Legal Bill Highlights Risk of Patent Litigation
..ontrolled, legal costs deters many small inventors and SMEs from enforcing their patents. "We canÃ't comment on the specifics of the RIM case, or why Allen & OveryÃ's bill was so high," Vicki Salmon continued, "But we do welcome the judici more
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Motorola Sues RIM for Poaching Staff
..is already suing RIM for allegedly infringing seven US patents covering mobile-communications technology. RIM has however counter sued Motorola in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas accusing Motorola of "anti-compet more
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Research in Motion Settles Patent Dispute with Wi-LAN
..t license signings. As a result of the legal settlement, RIM has obtained a license to certain patents of Wi-LAN in the area of wireless technology and the litigation between the two companies will be dismissed. The specific terms of the agreeme more
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RIM Files Preemptory Suit Against German Patent-License Co.
..inst IP Com, asking a Texas federal court to declare that RIM hasn't infringed on three IP Com patents. RIM, maker of the Blackberry smartphone, also asked the court to issue an injunction preventing IP Com from using the patents to sue RIM for more
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Motorola and Research in Motion Sue Each Other
..U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for allegedly infringing seven US patents covering mobile-communications technology. As is usual with such lawsuits, the suit claims RIM "willfully infringed the patents", causing more
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NTP Inc. Files Lawsuits Against Four Wireless Carriers
..y in the federal district court in Richmond, contend that the carriers infringe on eight patents related to wireless email that were granted between 1995 and 2001 to Thomas Campana, whose inventions became NTP's portfolio. The defendants are AT&a more
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Research In Motion Comments On Visto Patent Complaint
..l companies in the industry. In the RIM complaint, Visto is alleging infringement of four patents and seeking an injunction and monetary damages, RIM said. RIM said it has been monitoring Visto's litigation against other companies "and, based on prio more
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Forgent's 'Patent Trolling' Strategy Takes Litigious Path
..ucts, methods or ideas just so they can sue a company for infringement if it eventually produces something similar. A draft proposal remains under review by a congressional subcommittee chaired by Smith, a spokeswoman for his office said. Forgent's l more
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UPDATE: Research In Motion Surges After Settlement
..ttlement with privately held NTP Inc. The agreement, announced Friday, relates to all patents owned and controlled by NTP, a Virginia-based patent-holding firm, and applies to all of RIM's products, services and technologies. The agreement allows RIM more
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