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]