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ZTE Corp. said it will initiate “patent invalidation procedures” against Ericsson (ERIC), after the world’s largest infrastructure provider filed patent-infringement lawsuits against the Chinese vendor in three countries.The patent dispute …

Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …

If there’s one thing NTP Inc. is really good at, it’s protecting patents with a fervor and winning handsome treasure along the way. Just ask BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. …

A mobile device management software company has filed a lawsuit against Research in Motion Ltd. alleging infringement of two patents.Mformation Technologies Inc. filed the lawsuit against the Canadian maker of …

Alltel Communications L.L.C. is the latest major mobile-phone carrier to be tagged with a patent infringement suit by NTP Inc., the Virginia-based patent holding firm that scored a $612.5 million …

NTP Inc. is at it again.The Virginia-based patent-holding company last week filed patent-infringement lawsuits against all four tier-one U.S. carriers, claiming the operators are violating eight patents for mobile e-mail …

Welcome to our Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what …

NTP Inc. jumped back into the litigation ring, filing patent-infringement suits against three of the four largest U.S. carriers.The Virginia-based patent-holding company targeted AT&T Mobility, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon …

It’s beginning to look like all that money being poured into mobile search may end up in the pockets of patent lawyers.Shares of Local.com Corp. skyrocketed last week after the …

Both companies’ stock has been bid up, though for opposite reasons, and both companies seek to expand their traditional markets by intruding on the others’ turf. They both make smartphones …

The perversity of Wall Street came into focus after Research In Motion Ltd. delivered solid fourth-quarter fiscal 2006 earnings yesterday that were still below some expectations. It’s all about emotion …

RICHMOND, Va.—Patent-holding company NTP Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Treo maker Palm Inc. that claims the company’s mobile e-mail products infringe on NTP’s patents. NTP filed …

Research In Motion Ltd. will likely continue to dominate the high-end mobile e-mail market, according to Strategy Analytics. But the growing number of open-standard service providers will drive the market …

BOSTON—Research In Motion Ltd. has lost traction in the mobile e-mail market this year, but will likely continue to increase subscribers, according to a report from Strategy Analytics. The survey …

Boston Communications Group Inc. settled its long-running dispute with Freedom Wireless Inc., agreeing to pay $55.3 million to the patent-holding firm. BCGI suffered a potentially fatal blow last year when …

While a handful of mobile e-mail service providers seem most at ease in the courtroom, Fabrizio Capobianco is comfortable on the tightrope. Capobianco is chief executive officer of Funambol Inc., …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Visto Corp. entered mobile e-mail fray in China as it announced it would join a Chinese partner in providing push e-mail service to enterprises and professionals in the …

WATERLOO, Ontario—A U.S. appeals court ruled in favor of Research In Motion Ltd. in the company’s patent case with InPro II Licensing S.a.r.l., according to RIM. InPro filed a claim …

Mobile e-mail continues to be a largely untapped market, but the patent litigation industry in wireless is alive and well. Visto Corp.’s lawyers mobilized once again last week as the …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. kept its patent attorneys busy this week, filing a countersuit against fellow mobile e-mail service provider Visto Corp. The BlackBerry maker took all of one …

Research In Motion Ltd. said that its talks with China Mobile, China’s leading wireless carrier, were “going well” for establishing wireless e-mail service in the world’s largest telecommunications market. According …

SINGAPORE—Research In Motion Ltd. announced today that its talks with China Mobile, China’s leading wireless carrier, were “going well” for establishing wireless e-mail service in the world’s largest telecommunications market. …

James Balsillie, chairman and chief executive officer of Research in Motion Ltd., cut right to the chase. You’d expect no-nonsense talk from a fellow still fuming from having to write …

WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. posted results largely in-line with analyst expectations, with a net income for the quarter of $18.4 million, but investors appeared fatigued of the BlackBerry maker—which …