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.
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.
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