Research in Motion (RIM) of Canada yesterday announced it has
secured a US software patent for redirecting information between a
host system, such as an office PC or server and a mobile device
such as a PDA (personal digital assistant) while maintaining their
single, existing e-mail address and mailbox.18 May 2001
RIM, which makes the popular Blackberry two-way pagers, has also filed a lawsuit against Glenayre, a small US maker of wireless messaging products, arguing that “Glenayre is a blatant imitator of Blackberry.”
According to RIM, Glenayre uses RIM’s trade mark, “Always On, Always Connected” which RIM wants to licence to others. According to reports, the lawsuit alleges trade mark and patent infringement.