Financials from smart-phone makers Research In Motion Ltd. and PalmOne Inc. indicate users are warming up to the expensive, high-end gadgets. However, sluggish results from Palm OS vendor PalmSource Inc. suggest that the rising tide is not lifting all boats."RIM is reporting another record...
The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM's position in the case. The patent office rejected four of the five patents that...
The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM's position in the case. The news comes as an unknown number of RIM's BlackBerry...
The tenuous agreement between embittered combatants Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. appears to have fallen apart-RIM last week asked a U.S. district court to enforce its $450 million settlement with the patent-holding company. "NTP refuses to honor its obligations under the term...
The tenuous agreement between embittered combatants Research In Motion Ltd. and NTP Inc. appears to have fallen apart-RIM announced it will ask a U.S. court to enforce the companies' recently announced settlement."NTP refuses to honor its obligations under the term sheet and finalize the...
Wireless e-mail company Seven Networks Inc. today announced it acquired Helsinki, Finland-based rival vendor Smartner. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. "It's much more of a global marketplace," explained Bill Nguyen, Seven's founder, chairman and co-chief executive officer. "We realized that ... we...
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. reported another solid quarter, although its results were pulled down by its settlement expenses with patent-holding company NTP Inc. and its higher-than-anticipated tax provisions. The company's mixed results gave investors pause, with RIM's stock falling slightly after its...
Pacific Growth Equities upgraded Applied Micro Circuits from equal weight to over weight on recent changes in management. The company recently named Kambiz Hooshmand as president and chief executive officer, and Pacific Growth analysts said they expect the company to name a chief financial...
NEW YORK-Following is a roundup of upgrades and downgrades of wireless companies by investment banks and financial analysts this week.Pacific Growth Equities upgraded Applied Micro Circuits from equal weight to over weight on recent changes in management. The company recently named Kambiz Hooshmand as...
Research In Motion Ltd. said it will pay NTP Inc. $450 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit.RIM's shares were up nearly 18 percent on the news to $79.13 per share.RIM, which manufactures BlackBerry wireless e-mail products, said the agreement gives it the right...
Research In Motion Ltd. rival Good Technology Inc. announced it entered into a licensing agreement with NTP Inc., the patent-holding company that is suing RIM for its allegedly infringing products.The licensing arrangement adds yet another layer of complexity to the legal battle between RIM...
A Texas court declined to halt sales of Seven's wireless e-mail products, a move that paves the way for a jury trial in the patent lawsuit between Seven and rival wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. Both companies hailed the ruling as a victory. The...
The twists and turns in Research In Motion Ltd.'s legal battle with NTP Inc. continues with a new, separate lawsuit that pits NTP against a company that claims it actually owns the patents that NTP and RIM are fighting over. The lawsuit further complicates...
The twists and turns in Research In Motion Ltd.'s legal battle with NTP Inc. continues with a new, separate lawsuit that pits NTP against a company that claims it actually owns the patents that NTP and RIM are fighting over.The lawsuit further complicates an...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...
Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock faltered again following the company's third-quarter results, with investors expecting a more bullish fourth-quarter outlook from the company. Some analysts, however, continued to remain relatively positive on the BlackBerry maker and its prospects despite the company's lower-than-expected forecasts and...
The latest ruling in the closely watched legal battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent holding company NTP Inc. offered somewhat of a mixed bag. A U.S. federal appeals court affirmed 11 of NTP's 16 claims against RIM-a potentially serious blow...
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. suffered a somewhat mixed ruling in its legal battle with patent holding company NTP Inc. A U.S. federal appeals court ruling affirmed 11 of NTP's 16 claims against RIM-a potentially serious blow for the device maker-but also sent...
Although investors seem somewhat wary of the clouds surrounding Research In Motion Ltd., the company continues to offer a blindingly sunny outlook, and at least some investment firms believe the best of RIM is still yet to come."The bottom line is that RIM's business...
Nokia Corp. announced a new licensing deal with NTP Inc. for wireless e-mail technology, a move that paves the way for Nokia to sell BlackBerry-capable products in the United States, but also comes on the heels of the legal battle between NTP and BlackBerry-maker...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents."We believe that Seven has infringed on several of our patents, including our most recently granted one, and we will...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wireless e-mail company Visto Corp. said it plans to extend its legal battle with rival Seven Networks Inc. to include four additional patents."Visto continues to put considerable resources into developing unique technologies that are key to the secure synchronization of data and...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it signed an agreement with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. to add BlackBerry capability to its mobile phones.Samsung is the latest in a line of major licensing deals for RIM. Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson and others...
