Action could doom RIM’s e-mail services
Since its introduction in 1999, the BlackBerry has revolutionized the business world, allowing people to stay in constant e-mail contact with their offices and customers while away from their desktop computers.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal from the maker of the BlackBerry in the long-running battle over patents for the wildly popular, handheld wireless e-mail device.
The high court’s refusal to hear Canada-based Research In Motion Ltd.’s appeal means that a trial judge in Richmond, Va., could impose an injunction against the company and block BlackBerry use among many of its owners in the United States.
The justices had been asked to decide on whether U.S. patent law is technologically out of date in the age of the Internet and the global marketplace.
MSNBC has the complete BlackBerry court story and how this may affect you, your business and your clients.
