It would seem the cost for mobile computing is set to increase across the board. Now NTP is going after Palm. As you may remember a while back the nation was worried that Blackberry service was going to be shut...
Blackberry maker Research in Motion must have incorporated on Friday the 13th because they seem to continually be in the spotlight for patent infringement problems. This time it isn't NTP but Visto who wants (take a wild guess) an injunction...
There are a few reasons why RIM settled with NTP and paid more than $600 million. RIM lost focus as a result of this lawsuit and the competitors are circling while smelling blood. RIM's devices need to rapidly improve or...
You can learn a great deal about the VoIP and broader communications and technology markets if you just listen (or in this case read) carefully. For example this week saw the launch of a new VoIP service by the name...
8) Meet your family for the first time since your company (or government) gave you one7) Run to the store and buy the recently introduced Blackberry Patch6) a) Close your eyes. b) Count to 10. c) Figure out how to...
The saga that is the NTP versus Rim case may soon be (hopefully) coming to an end. The judge is impatient with the case and it seems that the pendulum is swinging ever so slowly back to RIM’s side. In...
This is great news for everyone that depends on Blackberries to be productive as well as those people concerned about the state of the US economy in the wake of all Blackberries simultaneously being disconnected. In a stressful game of...
James Seng comments on the goings on at RIM and how a simple patent issue could have gone away a long time ago. Apparently Research in Motion co-founder, President and CEO Mike Lazaridis just doesn't like to compromise. Now the...
You know when I signed up for this job, no one ever said there was going to be so much patent news to cover. Yesterday I wrote about Google vs. RTI and also Yahoo! vs. Forgent Networks. Now there is...
The famous NTP vs. RIM blackberry case really brought the US patent system into the public spotlight. It seems the Rates Technology vs. Google patent suits weren't as shocking because we already became familiar with cases like NTP and Blackberry.Now...
Is it possible that US patent law will soon change? According to this article it just may. Patent cases can cost computer companies up to $500 per year as the potential rewards are just so great. If a company is...
The worst case scenario for RIM and NTP is for RIM to lose business as NTP is incented to see as many Blackberries as possible sold. Why? Because of course NTP gets a cut of all future Blackberry sales. Or...
Yes indeed Blackberry is up to their neck in, well you know. Their service is in jeopardy of being shut down in the US but few analysts think this will happen. They could be forced to spend a billion dollars...
Here is a great recap of the court case between RIM and NTP. It may be important for you to read if you or anyone in your company relies on Blackberry service. If things continue to go against RIM, expect...