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Supreme Court Refuses Review in BlackBerry Patent Dispute
by bucy at 1:34 pm EST, Jan 24, 2006 |
The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices, to review its patent dispute with the holding company NTP.
If NTP could actually put RIM/BlackBerry out of business, it might be a watershed event for patent reform. |
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RE: Supreme Court Refuses Review in BlackBerry Patent Dispute
by dmv at 4:44 pm EST, Jan 24, 2006 |
bucy wrote: If NTP could actually put RIM/BlackBerry out of business, it might be a watershed event for patent reform.
It won't put them out of business. But it would be a very large, very high profile settlement and a potentially disruptive transition. If RIM were based in the USA, I think this would have already been taken care of. |
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RE: Supreme Court Refuses Review in BlackBerry Patent Dispute
by Rattle at 6:51 pm EST, Jan 24, 2006 |
If NTP could actually put RIM/BlackBerry out of business, it might be a watershed event for patent reform.
I think your theory has legs. The BlackBerry devices are pervasive on Capitol Hill. Granted, their service will not be turned off if NTP succeeds, but they will have no next-generation device coming either. A big deal has already been made over that. This might inspire some lawmakers to take a long hard look at the patent situation. It would certainly be nice... |
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