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Klausner sues RIM, Motorola over visual voicemail patents
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 15:12 IST |
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New York: For allegedly infringing on visual voicemail patents, Klausner Technologies has sued Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola. The company has filed separate lawsuits against both Motorola and RIM.
According to Klausner, it has already patent licensing agreements with Motorola and RIM for many of their other devices. It does not, however, have agreements in place with respect to the new Motorola CLIQ and RIM 9700 Bold smartphones. Klausner has accused Motorola of using the visual voicemail patented technology in its CLIQ mobile phone. Klausner did not specify if it is seeking any damages, and if so, how much, reports TG Daily.
The suit has been filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas by the California law firm of Dovel and Luner. "The lawsuit is based on the recent unveiling by RIM of certain new 3G 'BlackBerry Bold 9700' mobile phones, which use Klausner Technologies' visual voicemail patented technology," the company explained in an official statement. "Various BlackBerry models with the visual voicemail feature are already covered under our patent licenses granted to mobile operators. We currently have 24 visual voicemail patent licensees."
In addition, Klausner sued Apple and a number of other corporations in 2007 for allegedly violating his company's patented voicemail technology.