Palm Threatens The Fate Of BlackBerry

The patent dispute against the Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer RIM NTP has already introduced a lot of money. Now bring the patent-holding against a new opponent in position. Palm should do with the Treo Smartphone rights are violated - and now pay heavily.
Richmond - The procedure is similar to the campaign against RIM. Palm said the accused had with his Treo Smartphone patent rights of NTP's wireless e-mail technology injured. Although NTP co-founder Doland E. Stout still an amicable agreement with Palm, but the action before a court in Richmond right now to provide the necessary vigour. The action is the last chance, "our intellectual property against further violations," said Stout of the New York Times
The procedure for Palm could be expensive. Because NTP does not only licensing fees for future claims, but also demands for reparations in the past perpetrated sponsorship injuries.
how serious the matter is not least the reaction of investors to read. The price of the Palm shares suffered a sharp shock absorbers after the message to the technology Nasdaq Stock Market had become known. The paper was temporarily by 7.59 percent to 14.24 U.S. dollars.
In March, the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry RIM a five-year patent litigation against NTP lost. Here, too, NTP had successfully completed a violation of its patents for wireless transmission of e-mails from servers to handheld devices claimed. The court had ordered withdrawal of service and the opportunity for parties out of court.
In comparing the counterparty agreed finally to a payment of 612.5 million U.S. dollars. An impending closure of e-mail service for three million users in the United States has been away at the last minute.
The patent dispute had in February even the government to spring into action, the Blackberrys for years in secret and security forces and to use an interruption of services feared.
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