Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/08/samsung_settles_with_rim/
Research in Motion and Samsung have come to an arrangement over the South Korean giant's use of the name BlackJack, a brand a tad too close to 'BlackBerry', the push email pioneer had alleged in a lawsuit filed late last year.
The financial terms behind the deal were not disclosed. RIM said Samsung has agreed to withdraw an attempt to register BlackJack as a trademark and will face limits on how it can use the name but must take "reasonable measures to avoid confusion in the marketplace", according to a RIM statement. Presumably, though, Samsung can continue to call its BlackBerry-like i600 - as it's known over here - BlackJack.
Or maybe it's Blackjack now, since the RIM statement notably drops Samsung's mid-word capitalisation.
RIM took its beef to the US District Court for Central California early in December 2006, alleging unfair competition and trademark dilution.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/09/rim_sues_lg/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/05/03/rim_reveals_blackberry_curve/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/12/t-mobile_offers_white_pearl/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/04/12/orange_readies_samsung_i600/
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/05/rim_restates_earnings/
RIM BlackBerry 8800 (28 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/28/rim_blackberry_8800/
RIM releases Pearl-esque BlackBerry 8800 (12 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/12/rim_releases_blackberry_8800/
RIM defeats patent appeal challenge (8 February 2007)
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/02/08/rim_defeats_inpro_appeal/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01/18/rim_readies_blackberry_9000/
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/13/rim_sues_samsung/