Judge Overturns Patent Suit, Rules RIM Did Not Infringe

New submitter ottdmk writes "You may recall this recent Slashdot story about Mformation being awarded 147.2 million dollars in a patent suit against RIM. Well, it appears a California appeals judge has disagreed with that verdict. As part of the ruling, if Mformation successfully appeals, the matter will go to a new trial instead of the jury award being restored."

I can picture

[Sulphur]

Their receptionist Miss Mformation.

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[redneckmother]

Their receptionist Miss Mformation.

Shades of "TV or not TV" (Proctor & Bergmann)!

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[RaceProUK]

Their receptionist Miss Mformation.

Sounds like a poor contraction for "misinformation". How poetic.

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the nail in the coffin

[theweakend]

I must say i never had a black berry but i'd imagine this would be like if google got sued the day after the g1, my first smart phone, came out. And no I don't mean that to sound as insulting as it kind of does.

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[tlhIngan]

I must say i never had a black berry but i'd imagine this would be like if google got sued the day after the g1, my first smart phone, came out. And no I don't mean that to sound as insulting as it kind of does.

Which is why no patent troll ever sues on any infringement. There's no benefit to killing a product before it gets its legs, at least for patent trolls.

A patent troll's motivation is money. If they go after a product that's barely on the market, there's hardly any to be made. OTOH, if they sue AFTER

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[vux984]

Well the most demented of the gibberish originates here:

www.timecube.com

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[VortexCortex]

I have to say, I have found that, in a large majority of instances, "Belly-Button Logic Works!"

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[Anonymous Coward]

I think it's the Internet, about to become sentient.

And it's insane.

Finally - Some sense!

[pubwvj]

Yes, thank you, Judge! Finally some good sense in this patent troll nonsense. Now to start forcing patent trolls to pay damages for their harassment.