Blackberry is safe!

Boogahz · Post by **Boogahz** » March 3, 2006, 7:31 pm

From CnnMoney.com:

Blackberry maker, NTP ink $612 million settlement
Research in Motion and patent holding company reach a deal that averts a possible shutdown of the wireless e-mail service.
March 3, 2006: 5:16 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Blackberry maker Research in Motion said Friday it agreed to pay $612.5 million to patent holding company NTP to settle a long-running dispute that had threatened to shut down the popular wireless e-mail service.

Canadian-based Research in Motion (Research) announced the settlement late Friday ahead of a U.S. judge's expected ruling on damages in the case.

Under the settlement, NTP granted RIM the right to keep running its Blackberry business, the company said in a statement.

The agreement has been finalized and NTP's lawsuit against RIM has been dismissed by a court order, the Canadian company said.

The settlement means no further court proceedings or decisions about damages are necessary, RIM said.

So people can stop sweating about whether or not their blackberry devices will stop working and how "good" the workaround RIM had would work!

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » March 3, 2006, 8:33 pm

Oh my god...

I need to get into the patent business and find a laywer ready to do some work for delayed payments..

Ashur · Post by **Ashur** » March 4, 2006, 2:08 am

Of course it's safe. There was never any doubt. NTP had nothing to gain and everything to lose by letting RIM switch to another technology. They just wanted the biggest check possible.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » March 4, 2006, 3:15 am

612 million for a dodgy patent. not a bad score. must be nice to be an american company assfucking a foreign one with ludicrous patent laws.

i mean fuck capitalism rite guyz?

Wonko Wenusberg · Post by **Wonko Wenusberg** » March 4, 2006, 11:08 am

Put yo hanz in the aih and shout isolate