pmhoran
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I have sort of, in a way, not really ... following this NTP vs RIM legal drama.
I was posed with a question yesterday ... because some people around me think I know everything about anything dealing with computers & electronics. Go figure. I have never seen a Blackberry, don't really know what they do or how they work.
Anyway ... to the best of your knowledge ... this ONLY affects Blackberry in the USA? Right?? I have seen nothing in print about it threatening its use in Canada.
My sister is a manager with a huge multi-national manufacturer with plants in Canada & the USA. Right now, everyone (in Canada at least) has a Blackberry (it seems). When these people travel to the USA plants ... preferred means of communication is via email using their Blackberry's. So if NTP wins this case ... does that mean the can not longer use their Blackberry's in the USA ... if they can still use them in Canada???
Also ... how can NTP even file suit in the USA for "patent infringement" since its been denied a patent on the technology since 2002 (if I understand things correctly). They are still apealing (apparently) but if they don't have a legitimate patent yet ... how can they sue?
Hope someone has more insight to this than I do ...
Peter
I was posed with a question yesterday ... because some people around me think I know everything about anything dealing with computers & electronics. Go figure. I have never seen a Blackberry, don't really know what they do or how they work.
Anyway ... to the best of your knowledge ... this ONLY affects Blackberry in the USA? Right?? I have seen nothing in print about it threatening its use in Canada.
My sister is a manager with a huge multi-national manufacturer with plants in Canada & the USA. Right now, everyone (in Canada at least) has a Blackberry (it seems). When these people travel to the USA plants ... preferred means of communication is via email using their Blackberry's. So if NTP wins this case ... does that mean the can not longer use their Blackberry's in the USA ... if they can still use them in Canada???
Also ... how can NTP even file suit in the USA for "patent infringement" since its been denied a patent on the technology since 2002 (if I understand things correctly). They are still apealing (apparently) but if they don't have a legitimate patent yet ... how can they sue?
Hope someone has more insight to this than I do ...
Peter