Just when you thought RIM’s fortunes couldn’t get any worse, along comes Dolby Laboratories to knock the beleaguered company a little bit lower.
https://gizmodo.com/ten-reasons-why-blackberry-is-screwed-5812832
What is Dolby’s deal? Patent infringement. It’s seemingly the soup de jour of lawsuits these days, if lawsuits were soup and the legal system some kind of uber-litigious diner.
Anyway, quoth the audio-friendly company in an unfriendly statement about RIM:
“[RIM infringes upon patents covering] highly efficient digital audio compression technologies which allow manufacturers and consumers to provide and enjoy high quality audio while using extremely limited amounts of transmission and/or storage space for such audio.”
The suit seeks to halt sales of the BlackBerry and the PlayBook. In the latter’s case that may be a blessing in disguise. [The Loop]
