Blackberry patent case finally ends
It has been a long and drawn out case, but it appears that the NTP vs. RIM patent case is now over. In my opinion, this legal battle has caused some significant damage to RIM and their Blackberry solution. Many businesses have been questioning the future of Blackberry for the past twelve months or more, which I believe will now be a point of leverage for other solution providers to suggest that a hardware and software solution such as the Blackberry is a major risk to companies if all components are being supplied by a single entity.
Having seen the new 8700 series of devices, I can say that the Blackberry is still leading the market in the mobile e-mail space. However, the patent battle will be small compared to the technology battle RIM will be subjected to as its competitors start to catch up, or even take the market elsewhere.
