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Motorola, Research In Motion in lawsuit battle over patent infringement

Posted Feb 20, 2008 at 06:26AM by David T. Listed in: Cellular News Tags: lawsuits, Research in Motion, Motorola, patent
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It seems that as long as one company perceives that another is trespassing into the territory of patent infringement, lawsuits are likely to fly back and forth. Take the case of  BlackBerry creator Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola, who have sued each other over that very issue.

RIM has claimed that Motorola is infringing upon a number of the company's patents and that the latter "is demanding exorbitant royalties for patents that Motorola claims are essential to various standards for mobile wireless telecommunications and wireless computing."

In addition to that, RIM said that Motorola has refused to pay or even acknowledge royalties held by the former. Motorola, on the other hand, has responded with a counter lawsuit, claiming that Research In Motion is the one infringing upon the former's patents, instead.

According to Motorola, "We have not yet reviewed the complaint, but based on our understanding of the matter, we believe that their claims are entirely without merit and Motorola intends to vigorously defend itself."

The company argued that it permits others to use its technology assuming that the situation is appropriate and that it is compensated for the use. The source of the two company's dispute reportedly has something to do with a failure between Motorola and RIM to amicably renew the 2003 cross-license agreement that originally existed between them.

To date, none of the allegations and counter-allegations have been proven in court.

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