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Originally Posted by Paragon
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Originally Posted by LarDude
Squatters unite! Patent-squatters, URL-squatters, home-squatters, parkbench-squatters! Why do something productive when you can just squat?
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I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't RIM acquire their big fat wallet by patenting every imaginable thumboard configuration, then sued everyone who dared to market one? It looks to me like they are being threatened with the sword they used to get where they are.
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I dunno. That would be ironic, I agree. One slight contextual difference would be that a thumboard was actually part of their device and/or future devices, so one could look at it as "protecting their turf" in a very real and material way (again, Intent and Damage).
BTW, I've never owned nor even used a RIM/Blackberry device, so I have no vested interest in how this story eventually unfolds (correction: I guess if things go badly for RIM, WM5 could be a potential beneficiary). It's just that the action taken against RIM seems very "parasitic".