The Blackberry Patent Story
You”ve undoubtedly heard this week that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal from Research In Motion (RIM), the manufacturers of the Blackberry email device. RIM dramatically lost their patent infringement cases and this was the last gasp.
GlobeAndMail.com has the story of the remarkable growth of the Blackberry and of the patent lawsuit — and the mis-steps that lead to RIM”s problems.
Many people have forgotten that RIM and NTP, the patent holders, agreed to a $450 million settlement some time ago, which promptly fell through.
Will RIM survive? Will the Blackberry survive?
