"Date set for Blackberry ban hearing"

Research in Motion (RIM) will appear in court on Friday, 24 February to hear if it must close its Blackberry push email service to US customers or, at the very least, make them implement an upgrade.

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John Navas
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Most likely will go to a cash settlement of some sort now that all options are exhausted. Question is what will it do to rates for consumers.

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

Reply to
Rico

All the options aren't exhausted yet. Sort of. It's still in front of the patent courts, is it not? And the patent rulings so far have all been in favor of RIM. I'd predict RIM holding out for the government to intervene to fast-track the patent process.

Reply to
Derek Broughton

The initial ruling went against RIM that's why they appealed. True the SCOTUS effectively sent it back to the appeals court, but they had decided to shut down RIM in terms of the patient claim. RIM will have to make some sort of cash deal. The only legal solution open to them at this point. The Congress is not going to step into this in a timely enough manner to save RIM's bacon. Even if they want to, Congress moves too slowly; note only Congress can alter patent law -- See US Constitution Article 1, section 8: Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

This is the basis of the Patent Office, and as can be seen it falls into that section of the Constitution that describes the power of the Congress. This comes a few lines after borrowing money....

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

Reply to
Rico

Can't RIM appeal the ruling and then introduce the Norway document to the court?

Dan

Reply to
Dan

Appeal to who? The evidense phase of this is long past, that was during the original trial period, the appeals are arguing points of law, not the 'facts'.

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

Reply to
Rico

But, aiui, the rulings _against_ RIM are based on the fact that there _is_ a patent, which the courts can't just overturn. The actual patent rulings though, where RIM has appealed the validity of the existing patents, have all gone in RIM's favor, so far.

From RIM's viewpoint it shouldn't need any change in law - an order to process all the claims and counterclaims expeditiously (so as not to inconvenience all the bureacrats who rely on their Blackberries) would do the job. It seems to me that just needs a command from the cabinet secretary responsible for the Patent office. Of course, the Patent office could end up supporting the important patents, and RIM would still be on the hook, but they seem confident that in the end they won't lose.

Reply to
Derek Broughton

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