http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/11/03/new-asymmetric-blackberry-patent-surfaces/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/11/03/new-asymmetric-blackberry-patent-surfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-54401 Ed Caldwell Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:20:53 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/11/03/002663/#comment-54401 Is there anything these RIM folks won't try to patent? First RF interference reduction for other manufacturers (laughable at best, as if another manufacturer would pay a royalty to counter the interference from the poorly designed BB transceiver), and now moving the speaker is a "new, original and ornamental innovation" (ala http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#ptsc)? What's next, trying to patent a cellphone with a speaker and microphone? Is there anything these RIM folks won’t try to patent? First RF interference reduction for other manufacturers (laughable at best, as if another manufacturer would pay a royalty to counter the interference from the poorly designed BB transceiver), and now moving the speaker is a “new, original and ornamental innovation” (ala http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#ptsc)? What’s next, trying to patent a cellphone with a speaker and microphone?

]]> http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/11/03/new-asymmetric-blackberry-patent-surfaces/comment-page-1/#comment-483944 Ed Caldwell Mon, 06 Nov 2006 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2006/11/03/002663/#comment-483944 Is there anything these RIM folks won't try to patent? First RF interference reduction for other manufacturers (laughable at best, as if another manufacturer would pay a royalty to counter the interference from the poorly designed BB transceiver), and now moving the speaker is a "new, original and ornamental innovation" (ala http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#ptsc)? What's next, trying to patent a cellphone with a speaker and microphone? Is there anything these RIM folks won’t try to patent? First RF interference reduction for other manufacturers (laughable at best, as if another manufacturer would pay a royalty to counter the interference from the poorly designed BB transceiver), and now moving the speaker is a “new, original and ornamental innovation” (ala http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#ptsc)? What’s next, trying to patent a cellphone with a speaker and microphone?

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