Thufir <hawat.thufir@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:41:07 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:
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>> It's as daft as RIM getting sued for "email on wireless" when telco
>> operators had been doing the same thing over satellite and radio links
>> for years, as had amateur radio operators, or pretty much anyone with a
>> wifi link, although they came much later.
>
>
> What was the outcome on that, legally? Does RIM have a patent on e-mail
> over a wireless network? I can only assume so, as there are no
> blackberry knockoff's of which I'm aware.
>
It wasn't RIM who had the patent, it was some patent troll company, and
they reached a huge settlement - it was absurd.
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