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Telecommunications BlackBerry versus BlackJack: incensed RIM sues Samsung
Telecommunications BlackBerry versus BlackJack: incensed RIM sues Samsung | BlackBerry versus BlackJack: incensed RIM sues Samsung |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 13 December 2006 | |
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The point that RIM makes in its lawsuit is that Samsung's new BlackJack smartphone competes directly against a new RIM product, the BlackBerry Pearl. Both products perform similar functions and have a similar size and weight. Samsung has also released a mobile phone called Black Carbon which, although not a direct competitor to the BlackBerry range has also drawn the ire of RIM. The blogosphere appears to be divided on the issue. Aside from a few parochial Canadian pro-RIM posts, there are some bloggers who fervently believe no company has the right to sequester a common usage English language word for a trademark. However, as some bloggers have pointed out, the real question is whether Samsung's use of the name BlackJack for a smartphone may create confusion between its new product and RIM's existing BlackBerry brand. A few posters have indicated that BlackJack commercials have initially led them to believe they were looking at a new product in the BlackBerry range. {moscomment}
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