Posts tagged ITC
RIM and Prism Settle Patent Infringement Case
May 18th
Blackberry lovers, do you remember back in December 2009 when RIM was under investigation by the ITC (International Trade Commission) because then-unknown American company Prism Technologies claimed RIM infringed on one of their patents? Namely number 288, which “covers an innovative way of controlling access to protected electronically stored data and information requested by a device using an internet protocol network.” Prism wanted to see all shipments of Blackberry devices and its proprietary software blocked until the matter was settled.
Today, Bloomberg news is reporting that the case has been settled, out of court, and though no financial terms were disclosed, a “license and settlement” agreement has been reached.
[Via MobileSyrup, Source Bloomberg]
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Kodak suit with RIM and Apple moves to ITC control
Feb 19th
It’s another day and another patent infringement lawsuit. Actually this one is from back in January but CrackBerry reported today that it has moved on to the ITC for further investigation. The premise of this case is that Kodak sued Research in Motion and Apple for patents on image previewing and processing of images. Kodak took it to the ITC and they agreed to look into the issue further.
Personally, I feel like Kodak is being a “patent troll” by searching out any instances where they think they can milk some cash out of a lawsuit. If Kodak really wants to make money then they should do something truly innovative instead of trying to cash out on old technology. If image preview is the culprit here then there are way more wrongdoers here than just RIM and Apple. Regardless of my opinion Kodak is going to get the investigation that they were hoping for and from here on we’ll just have to see how this plays out.
Anyone else think these patent cases are getting a little ridiculous?
