I bet that Research In Motion cannot wait for 2011 to be over. The latest bad news comes in the form of a lawsuit by a Canadian company called BBM Canada. The suit alleging trademark infringement over the use of the name “BBM” was filed back in August 2010 and finally goes before the courts in January. RIM has been […]
Lawsuits
US ITC rules in favour of Apple over HTC
The US International Trade Commission yesterday delivered a decision in a lawsuit brought on by Apple against HTC over four patents. The ITC ruled in favour of Apple for one patent and imposed an importation ban on some of HTC’s devices. The ban is set to take effect on April 19th. According to the ruling, “Notice is hereby given that […]
Apple denied preliminary US injunction against Samsung
Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction against four Samsung products was rejected by a US judge on Friday. This will allow Samsung to continue selling its Galaxy S 4G, Infuse 4G, DROID Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US while the two companies continue their legal battle (one of more than 20 cases in 10 countries in fact). California […]
RIM facing lawsuit over BBX name
Research In Motion unveiled its new BlackBerry BBX operating system for future smartphones and tablets earlier this week. The new OS has hit its first bump on the road even before it has made it onto any devices. A US company called Basis International apparently holds the trademark on the “BBX” name. According to the company: [It] has taken swift […]
No iPhone 5 sneak peek for Samsung
A US judge has denied Samsung’s request to see unreleased Apple products such as the iPhone 5. Samsung had made the request in response to Apple’s own request to see a number of Samsung’s products in their patent infringement lawsuits. In her decision, US District Judge Lucy Koh wrote: “Common sense suggests that allegations of copying are necessarily directed at […]
Oracle asks for up to US$6.1 billion in Google Android lawsuit
Remember that lawsuit filed by Oracle against Google over over patent and copyright infringement allegations in Android? Documents now made public reveal that Oracle is asking for damages that range from US$1.4 billion to US$6.1 billion. Google, for its part, called the amount being sought “a breathtaking figure that is out of proportion to any meaningful measure of the intellectual […]
Apple adds new products to Samsung patent infringement lawsuit
Relations between Apple and Samsung are sure to get even frostier. The former today extended its patent infringement lawsuit against the latter to include additional products. It has also revised the language of its complaint to make it stronger, now accusing Samsung of developing “products that blatantly imitate the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success.” The products […]
Dolby sues RIM and asks for halt of US BlackBerry and PlayBook sales
RIM can’t seem to catch a break these days. Dolby today announced that it has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion in both the US and Germany. The suits allege that RIM is using some patented “highly efficient digital audio compression technologies” without having obtained the necessary licenses from Dolby. Dolby has not only asked for financial damages […]