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Technology & Science

May 19, 2005

Big Change Pending for Patents?

SAN FRANCISCO - The patent bar was buzzing earlier this year when Research in Motion paid $450 million to fend off litigation over five patents it allegedly infringed from a rival to produce its BlackBerry handheld device.

By Erik Cummins
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - The patent bar was buzzing earlier this year when Research in Motion paid $450 million to fend off litigation over five patents it allegedly infringed from a rival to produce its BlackBerry handheld device.
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