Will RIM be brought down by patents?

Eileen McDermott, New York


Research in Motion has been losing ground for years – but a San Francisco jury’s verdict could help seal its fate in the smartphone race

Blackberry Bold

The case was brought by New Jersey software company Mformation, which alleged that Canadian company RIM was infringing its US patent

number 6970917 for remotely managing wireless devices.

On Friday, a jury said that RIM must pay Mformation $147.2 million for infringing...



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