Blackberry

Paper Summary:

This paper begins with a general profile and the history of Blackberry since 1984. It continues to discuss the company's progress. The author continues to offer the details and economic effects of the patent suit against Blackberry. In the conclusion, the successes and future of expectations of Blackberry are mentioned with statistics to quantify points made.

Table of Contents:
Profile
Progress
Blackberry: Legal Suit
Consequences: Economic Front
Expectations
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"The bitter exchange is regarding the patents of workaround, both arguing its ownership and copyrights. Consequently RIM filed application for new patent of its workaround designs. RIM received "a confidential and privileged legal opinion confirming that RIM's software workaround designs do not infringe any of the NTP patent claims remaining in the litigation," (RIM: Press release). According RIM the legal opinion was forwarded by "leading expert"(RIM: Press release) in patent law and workarounds from largest and leading law firms."

Sample of Sources Used:

• "RIM says Blackberry service critical for US economy" 19th January 2006. Retrieved online on 28th Oct 2006. http://www.cbronline.com/article_news_print.asp?guid=A23597E7-BB2E-48F8-BA02-EAD5E839D75F.
• Grace Wong. "Setback for Blackberry maker" January 23, 2006 Retrieved online on 28th Oct 2006. money.cnn.com/2006/01/23/technology/rim/index.htm.
• Grace Wong. "Blackberry Shut down worries feds". February 2, 2006 money.cnn.com/2006/02/01/technology/rim/index.htm?cnn=yes.
• "Research In Motion Reports Preliminary Second Quarter Results" September 28, 2006. Retrieved online on 28th Oct 2006. http://www.rim.net/news/press/2006/pr-28_09_2006-02.shtml
• "The war is over" Retrieved online on 28th Oct 2006 www.patentlyo.com/patent/2006/03/the_war_is_over.html.

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