John Paczkowski

Recent Posts by John Paczkowski

RIM-Interdigital Patent Deal Helps Clear Runway for BB10

RunwayAs Research In Motion gears up for the looming debut of BlackBerry 10 — arguably its most important product launch ever — the company is clearing the field of anything that might unnecessarily complicate or undermine it.

To that end, RIM this week expanded its patent agreement with InterDigital to include the wireless research company’s 4G, LTE and LTE-Advanced technology. The deal allows RIM to integrate InterDigital’s tech into its BlackBerry 10 handset portfolio with the company’s blessing and ensures that there will be no unexpected IP licensing issues following BB10’s launch on January 30 — licensing issues like those Samsung, Nokia, ZTE and Huawei find themselves facing today.

InterDigital filed complaints against all four companies with the U.S. International Trade Commission, alleging they engaged in unfair trade practices by selling 3G and 4G wireless devices that violate seven InterDigital patents.

Twitter’s Tanking

December 30, 2013 at 6:49 am PT

2013 Was a Good Year for Chromebooks

December 29, 2013 at 2:12 pm PT

BlackBerry Pulls Latest Twitter for BB10 Update

December 29, 2013 at 5:58 am PT

Apple CEO Tim Cook Made $4.25 Million This Year

December 28, 2013 at 12:05 pm PT

Latest Video

View all videos »

Search »

I think the NSA has a job to do and we need the NSA. But as (physicist) Robert Oppenheimer said, “When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and argue about what to do about it only after you’ve had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.”

— Phil Zimmerman, PGP inventor and Silent Circle co-founder, in an interview with Om Malik