It’s been reported that both RIM and Apple have been served with a lawsuit by Openwave for patent infringement. This could have been settled through licensing agreements but according to Openwave, RIM and Apple did not provide substantive responses when contacted by the folks at OpenWave. Thier CEO had this to say.
Openwave CEO Ken Denman: “Before filing these complaints, we approached both of these companies numerous times in an attempt to negotiate a license of our technology with them and did not receive a substantive response. In the end, litigation is the only way we can defend our rights against these large companies that have effectively refused to license the use of the technologies we invented.”
Here are the 5 patents which RIM and Apple are being sued for:
- Patent #6,289,212 “generally allows a user to use e-mail applications on a mobile device when the network is unavailable – such as when a user is on an airplane.”
- Patent #6,233,608 “relates to cloud computing.” The company said the patent for instance “enables data to be accessed or shared by different devices such as mobile handsets or computers.”
- Patent #6,405,037 “allows access to updated versions of applications on mobile devices.”
- Patent #6,430,409 “allows the mobile device to operate seamlessly, and securely, with a server over a wireless network.”
- Patent #6,625,447 “allows consumers to experience an improved user experience in navigating through various pages of information without delay.”
via BerryReview