WATERLOO, Ontario-Legal issues persist for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. as it now looks to be working through a patent dispute with Xerox Corp.
RIM filed a motion in the U.S. District Court of Hartford, Conn., urging the judge to issue a declaratory judgement over the patent issue. RIM described the move as a defensive measure. A RIM spokesperson did not immediately return a request for details. Xerox offered a statement in conjunction with RIM that said the two companies are “working together to reach an amicable resolution.”
Neither RIM nor Xerox is a stranger to the courtroom. RIM is engaged in several patent battles and has faced off against NTP Inc., Good Technologies Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. For its part, Xerox has been fighting with Palm Inc. over handwriting recognition technology.
