RIM Rejects More Patent Infringement Allegations

SilentOne writes "Waterloo based Research In Motion is facing new allegations of patent violation. Visto Corp. of Redwood Shores, Calif., said Monday that it had won an infringement case against Seven Networks, also of California, and is now targeting RIM for infringing four patents, including three involved in the Seven action. "Our case against RIM is based on similar technology, law and patents as the case we have just won," Visto said in a statement. "

Well, I knowing first hand..

[LeddRokkenstud]

As an employee of RIM, knowing about this first hand is kind of scary. I work as the manager of material processing, and I'm actually afraid of the outcome. The whole company is frustrated/fearful of this whole situation, and we just want to keep our jobs. I don't think the suits will stop.

Re:Well, I knowing first hand..

[ShieldW0lf]

Cut your losses. Take the blackberry service out of the US. Instantly. Leave every single blackberry owner, including the entire government, hanging out to dry. Use RIM patents to prevent anyone else from servicing them, ensure that where this is concerned, they are well, truly and permanently fucked as a consequence of their screwed up society. Refuse to penny up a dime. That's what should have been done in the first place. The US is not a suitable place to do business. On the contrary, to do business with the US is to fund the most aggressive nation in the world and contribute to global unrest. Just don't do it.

Advice for RIM: Help abolish Software Idea Patents

[billybob2]

RIM's Chairman recently said he will work to bring an end [slashdot.org] to Software Idea Patents [nosoftwarepatents.com].

It would be great to see RIM financially support initiatives like NoSoftwarePatents.org [slashdot.org] and SWPat.ffii.org [ffii.org], whose aims are to stop the legalized extortion [nosoftwarepatents.com] by the Patent Leeches and Patent Mafia [nosoftwarepatents.com].

Re:Coincidence?

[frdmfghtr]

No, what I find interesting is this:

NTP owns a stake in Visto, Bloomberg News reported.

I can't place it, but something just doesn't seem right...why does the idea of NTP using RIM's money to go after RIM again come to mind?

Re:Well, I knowing first hand..

[iplayfast]

EUers say that the US really sucks, are bullies, etc., but without the United States, there would be no world economy. I don't think so...

It would just be a smaller world economy. US debt is well on the way to making this situation anyway. Ever wonder why the Canadian economy gaining against the US? The US has a larger growing season, Canada has a population of California, but Canada is gaining.

Look to

1. Bad policies in regard to the public ability to do what it wants. For example, you buy software, but are limited to what you can do with it, and this is accepted because it's called a license. If you were to license a pen, would you only be able to use it on one sheet of paper?
   
2. Bad policies in regard to patents, software patents in particular.
   
3. Bad policies in regard to copyright. (Copyright lasts for how many years?!?!)
   
4. Bad policies in regard to foreign policy. (The war was a stupid waste of tax payers money, now the whole economy is paying for it).
   
5. Bad policies in regard to how politions can be swayed by corperate desires.
   

The Chinese are gaining ground as well, not to mention the Japaneese and European countries. The US is in sad sad shape compared to what it should be, and you've only your government to blame.

Re:Well, I knowing first hand..

[Anonymous Coward]

The American consumer overpays to bring products to market, and the rest of the world gets it at a cheaper price. [...] who else would may $20 for a music CD with spyware and put up with **IAA? Only the American consumer.

No.

While I am not familiar with the price differences taken over the entire spectrum of products (and too lazy to investigate), you are wrong, at least about specific products, and my guess would be that you are wrong in general, as well--at least when comparing US prices to prices where I live.

Your specific example of a music CD, I did look up--you typically see new CDs for 24.90 EUR here, or about 31.31 USD.

Another thing, which I believe is more expensive here, is gasoline. At this very moment, it's listed at 1.373 EUR per liter (dm^3) at the gas station next door, or (evidently) 5.20 USD per US gallon.