RIM has just issued a statement addressing the claims from BASIS regarding the BBX trademark:
“RIM has not yet received a copy of the legal complaint described in Basis International’s press release, but we do not believe the marks are confusing, particularly since our respective companies are in different lines of business.”
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Updated BlackBerry 2012 Roadmap
Since we first posted our 2012 BBX BlackBerry Preview some new info has come to light that changes things up a bit. For the most part we knew what was coming device-wise but our timeline was a bit off. Now some other devices have come into play and some dates have been shuffled around a bit. We can expect to see some new BlackBerry 7 devices in the Curve line, a new updated BlackBerry...
US Federal Court bars RIM from using BASIS' BBX Trademark
We've known since shortly after BlackBerry DevCon that BASIS International was after RIM for their BBX trademark use but now they've won a temporary restraining order against RIM, so that they may no longer use the BBX name. The full press release is below for you all./ Press Release US Federal Court Bars RIM (BlackBerry) from Using BASIS’ BBX Trademark ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(...
BASIS International takes legal action against RIM over BBX trademark [Updated: Statement from RIM]
*UPDATE* RIM STATEMENT - RIM has not yet received a copy of the legal complaint described in Basis International’s press release, but we do not believe the marks are confusing, particularly since our respective companies are in different lines of business. Looks like RIM either forgot to check the current trademarks or just simply ignored the fact that BBX -- the new name for their...
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BlackBerry, is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless equipment company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones and tablets. The company is headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and was founded in 1984 my Mike Lazaridis alongside Co-Founder, Jim Balsillie. The first BlackBerry device, an email pager dubbed the BlackBerry 850, was released in 1999....