Report: NXP sues RIM for patent infringement
SAN FRANCISCO—NXP Semiconductors NV filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) Monday (April 2) in U.S. federal court, according to a report by the Bloomberg news service.
The suit alleges that Blackberry maker RIM infringes on six U.S. patents held by NXP (Eindhoven, the Netherlands), including technology for expanding the range of data transmission, according to the report.
The suit was filed in U.S. federal court in Orlando, Fla., according to the report. NXP is seeking cash compensation and a court order to block further use of its inventions, according to the report.
In addition to technology expanding the range of data transmission, NXP alleges that RIM is infringing its patents covering computer bus systems, mobile phones with GPS receivers, circuit manufacturing, the polishing of the surface of wafers and patterning of layers on a wafer, according to the Bloomberg report.
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