RIM "very comfortable" with NTP patent workaround

Iria · Nov 17, 2005, 08:44 AM

TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. is "very very comfortable" with a software upgrade it may deploy in a bid to work around the patents involved in its legal dispute with NTP Inc., its co-chief executive said on Wednesday.

"It's a software upgrade that we're very, very comfortable with and we've done focus groups with and we're just finishing testing," RIM Co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie told investors in New York.

NTP successfully sued RIM in 2002 and won an injunction in 2003 to halt U.S. sales of its popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail handset and shut down its service. That injunction was stayed pending appeal. NTP said it will once again ask the court to confirm the injunction.

Balsillie first said in June that the company has a "workaround" technology designed to the skirt patents it was found to have infringed on.
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Source: Reuters

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	RIM "very comfortable" with NTP patent workaround TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd. is "very very comfortable" with a software upgrade it may deploy in a bid to work around the patents involved in its legal dispute with NTP Inc., its co-chief executive said on Wednesday. "It's a software upgrade that we're very, very comfortable with and we've done focus groups with and we're just finishing testing," RIM Co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie told investors in New York. NTP successfully sued RIM in 2002 and won an injunction in 2003 to halt U.S. sales of its popular BlackBerry wireless e-mail handset and shut down its service. That injunction was stayed pending appeal. NTP said it will once again ask the court to confirm the injunction. Balsillie first said in June that the company has a "workaround" technology designed to the skirt patents it was found to have infringed on. __________ Source: Reuters