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London’s High Court has ruled that Motorola’s case against RIM for patent infringement is invalid, and even if the BlackBerry-maker had stepped on Moto’s toes in the instance in question, two other systems didn’t infringe at all. Way to defend your small circular pedestal raised above a pool of legal and corporate defeat, RIM.
Motorola and RIM have been fighting over patents for two years since terminating a licensing agreement; though RIM may have won the battle abroad, they still have to deal with Motorola and the ITC in the U.S. Once upon a time, Motorola was a contender for a viable enterprise-grade push solutions provider, until they sold off Visto to Good.
On the device side, Motorola still makes a couple of devices that appeal to the suits (namely the Q9H), but it’s an uphill battle going up against BlackBerry, whose each successive quarter has been full of win. We’ll have to keep an eye out to see how the ITC kerfuffle turns out over here, but for now, BlackBerry can hold its giant Q-tip high in victory.
[via The Gazette]
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Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
