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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
You have to ask yourself what Research In Motion has done wrong to anger so many inventors.
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You mean the company so notorious for its own patent litgation that they were dubbed "Lawsuits in Motion" by tech journalists a few years ago?
Here's a snippet from The Register's 2003 article,
Lawsuits In Motion files suit against Xerox:
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Of course, it's all rather ironic given RIM's history of using the courts to challenge what it claims are other firms' attempts to cash in on its intellectual property. During the first quarter of its current fiscal year, the company - better known, perhaps, as Lawsuits In Motion - saw the cost of its litigation rise from $700,000 to $8.2 million.
RIM is currently suing NTP and Good Technology for alleged intellectual property violations. Last year, it pursued legal action against Palm and Handspring - both firms latter settled out of court. Microsoft and Symbian signed have signed licensing deals with the company.
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