October 22, 2005
RIM Ruling Could Shut Down Blackberry Service
RIM lost another battle. As a result Blackberry users might be faced with a disruption of their email service. Of course the company suing, NTP, is emphasizing that federal, state, and local governments will be exempt from the injunction. Whatever. I hate "do nothing" companies that are led by lawyers and all they have are the patents, which they use to get money off innovative companies like RIM.
Research in Motion Ltd. moved closer on Friday to an injunction that could halt U.S. sales of its popular BlackBerry wireless device after it lost a bid to suspend a patent case against it. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied RIM's motion to stay the case until the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether to accept RIM's request for an appeal.
