Research in Motion sues Motorola over patent disputes

The makers of the Blackberry Smartphones, RIM has now filed a lawsuit against the US based mobile phone maker Motorola over patent disputes.

This lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the company is claiming that Motorola infringes in several of their owned patents.

In addition they are also charging that Motorola “is demanding exorbitant royalties…for patents that Motorola claims are essential to various standards for mobile wireless telecommunications and wireless computing that RIM practices.”

RIM says that Motorola itself is refusing to pay any royalties for patents which are owned by them.

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