RIM Settles

I said it before, and I'm saying again, you can all now truly relax and breath easier. RIM, the maker of blackberry, has come to a settlement with NTP. NTP had sued RIM over the protocols used in the blackberry because RIM had violated a patent NTP held which is currently being reviewed by the patent board.

As part of the resolution, NTP will grant RIM and its customers the right to continue its blackberry-related wireless business without further interference from NTP or its patents.

The bottom line is that this folks realized that they had violated a patent by stealing intellectual property and paid a dearly prize in the billions of dollars. I'm glad that RIM step up to the plate, whether it was for fears of loosing their customers or a crashing business or because they felt it was the right thing to do, either way you can now email a bit easier.