Demanded
one another due to abuse of the patent are frequent in recent years, intense
competition to be the main reason for this trigger. And most recently the Varia
Holdings LLC sue Research In Motion for violating a patent for Emoticon input
method or use the BlackBerry Messenger emoticons. Here are the contents of the
patent alleged to have been infringed by RIM:
A mobile communication device has an input button when pressed by the user while in text mode, will display a list of emoticons on the screen to be selected by the user. By displaying a list of emoticons, which is more user friendly environment is created where users can use emoticons in their communication.
Varia
Holdings has held these patents since January 2007 and try to resolve
violations and losses caused by the RIM. They requested that the sale of
devices containing emoticons stopped by RIM and that they be compensated for
such violations. These documents have been filed the lawsuit on March 15, but
the court has not appointed a judge and schedule a hearing to deal with such
cases.
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