Case Analysis 2 – Research in Motion (Rim)

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Mimi Garner Case Analysis 2 – Research in Motion (RIM) NETW583 November 16, 2014 Case Analysis 2 – Research in Motion (RIM) Research in Motion (RIM) is a telecommunications company based out of Waterloo, Canada. They manufactured BlackBerry devices. The company was well known for creating devices that had a back-end server which gave mobile phones the ability to push email (Mobileburn, 2014). This case analysis will discuss some of the challenges RIM faced protecting its intellectual property, what industry factors influenced RIM, and how RIM applies to the Technical Course Objectives (TCOs). Challenges RIM Faced Protecting Its Intellectual Property One of the biggest challenges RIM faced by protecting its intellectual property was from a patent lawsuit filed in 2000. NTP was a patent holding company based out of Virginia. The company offered to license patents related to RIM’s wireless email system. They believed they owned the intellectual property behind BlackBerry. Since RIM’s CEO, Mike Lazaridis did not respond, NTP filed a lawsuit. RIM believed their actions were a nuisance and represented patent trolling. The company considered NTP’s lawsuit a counter-action from lawsuit they filed for patents for integrated electronic mailboxes against Glenayre Electronics. In a press release RIM deemed NTP’s filing as unsubstantiated and assured everyone information they had was retrieved from their website. During litigation, RIM attorneys showed proof of wireless email dated back to 1988. NTP’s attorneys stated it was 1993. The judge ruled willful infringement and RIM suffered a loss of $23 million. As a result RIM filed an appeal. An injunction was another great challenge RIM faced. The lawsuit almost caused BlackBerry service to be shut down. Despite these challenges, BlackBerry grew larger because of constant connectivity. The BlackBerry

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