Dolby wins licensing fees on BlackBerry, PlayBook

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Dolby wins licensing fees on BlackBerry, PlayBook

Register - 13 Sep, 2011
By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Dolby Laboratories has scored in the patent wars, winning "standard terms" from Research in Motion in two lawsuits over use of audio technologies. RIM, maker of BlackBerrys and PlayBooks, ...

Dolby - RIM bury patent infringement hatchet

Moneycontrol.com - 13 Sep, 2011
In the time of lawsuits escalating into the banning of products, news of a settlement coming along is a welcome respite. Among the latest to have buried the hatchet are Dolby Laboratories and RIM. Popular audio, imaging and voice technologies innovator ...

RIM settles with Dolby over audio patents

ZDNet UK (blog) - David Meyer - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion is no longer being sued by Dolby, after it agreed to pay Dolby licensing fees for the use of its audio compression technologies. RIM uses the High Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding (HE AAC) ...

Boot up: BlackBerry PlayBook sales forecast slashed, Dolby drops RIM lawsuit ...

The Guardian (blog) - 13 Sep, 2011
Plus an unflattering review of Android Honeycomb for tablets, and just how much of the internet is porn? A shareholder uses a BlackBerry PlayBook during the RIM annual general meeting. Photograph: Mike Cassese/Reuters Following the Texas police hack by ...

Research In Motion, Dolby Settle Patent Lawsuits

PCWorld - John Ribeiro - 13 Sep, 2011
Dolby Laboratories said Monday that Research In Motion has agreed to license audio technologies that were at the center of two lawsuits filed by Dolby against the Canadian smartphones and tablets company. ...

RIM, Dolby Settle Dispute

Wall Street Journal - Carolyn King - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion Ltd. has agreed to obtain a license to Dolby Laboratories' advanced audio technologies, ending a legal dispute that began in June when Dolby sued RIM in the US and Germany in connection with the BlackBerry maker's use ...

RIM does deal with Dolby, lawsuit canned

New Zealand Herald - 13 Sep, 2011
Research in Motion has signed a deal with Dolby Labs over audio technologies used in devices like the PlayBook tablet. Photo / Supplied Canada's Research In Motion has entered into a licensing agreement with Dolby Laboratories, ending a patent dispute ...

RIM: Credit Suisse, ISI Divided On Upside In Q2, Q3

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 13 Sep, 2011
Research in Motion (RIMM) reports fiscal Q2 results for the three months ended in August this Thursday, September 15th. All eyes are on whether recently introduced BlackBerry models based on the company's updated operating system 7 will ...

RIM, Dolby Settle Patent Dispute for Reported $15 Million

PC Magazine - Sara Yin - 13 Sep, 2011
Research in Motion has agreed to pay Dolby a licensing fee for use of its audio compression technology, settling a three-month patent dispute. "We are pleased to welcome RIM into Dolby's family of mobile technology licensees. ...

Dolby lawsuit against RIM dropped after licence agreement

Winnipeg Free Press - 13 Sep, 2011
By: AP A Blackberry user thumbs through a menu near to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 5, 2010. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick SAN FRANCISCO - Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion (TSX:RIM) has agreed to license its audio technologies that ...

Dolby, RIM drop lawsuits, shake hands on licensing deal

ZDNet (blog) - Zack Whittaker - 13 Sep, 2011
Summary: BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and Dolby have settled an ongoing patent infringement case, though financial terms were not disclosed. Dolby Laboratories said that it has withdrawn its ...

Dolby lawsuit against RIM dropped

Newsday (subscription) - 13 Sep, 2011
News Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here Dolby lawsuit against RIM dropped Published: September 12, 2011 11:24 AM By The Associated ...

RIM to Pay Dolby Royalties to End Lawsuits Over Audio Patents

Bloomberg - Susan Decker - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet computer, agreed to pay patent royalties to Dolby Laboratories Inc. (DLB) to end a legal battle over technology to ...

RIM Signs License Agreement Covering Dolby Audio Technologies; Dolby Agrees to ...

MarketWatch (press release) - 13 Sep, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 12, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Dolby Laboratories /quotes/zigman/361455/quotes/nls/dlb DLB -0.70% said today that Research in Motion ("RIM") agreed to enter into a license agreement for its use of Dolby's advanced audio technologies ...

RIM and Dolby settle over patent infringements

TechRadar UK - Marc Chacksfield - 13 Sep, 2011
RIM and Dolby Laboratories have settled a lawsuit regarding the use of audio compression technology in its BlackBerry handsets and the PlayBook. Dolby had originally filed a number of lawsuits against the handset manufacturer, ...

Dolby and RIM strike licensing agreement, drop lawsuit

MyBroadband - 13 Sep, 2011
Derrick joined MyBroadband in 2011 as a junior journalist with a strong background in computer hardware and gaming. He is also regular columnist and hardware... Dolby and RIM have entered into a licensing agreement which saw Dolby drop a patent ...

RIM, Dolby reach licensing deal

SmartCompany.com.au - Patrick Stafford - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion and Dolby have avoided a lawsuit, creating a new licensing deal that will see RIM pay to use Dolby technology. According to Reuters, both companies have come to an agreement and as a result, subsequent lawsuits have been abandoned. ...

WRAP UP - RIM IN THE NEWS TODAY: Jefferies Downgrade, Credit Suisse Result ...

NASDAQ - 13 Sep, 2011
Research in Motion (RIM.TO) looks set to close up more than 1% after a roller coaster day that saw it touch a day high of $30.20 and a day low of $29.01 with close to 2 million shares traded. RIM today agreed to pay patent royalties to Dolby ...

RIM, Dolby settle patent dispute

Proactive Investors USA & Canada - Joyanta Acharjee - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion (TSE:RIM)(NASDAQ:RIMM) Monday settled its patent dispute with Dolby Laboratories (NASDAQ:DLB) after the Blackberry smartphone maker agreed to obtain a license to Dolby's advanced audio technologies. In June, Dolby sued RIM in the US ...

Dolby, RIM Signs License Agreement, Drops Lawsuit

RTT News - 13 Sep, 2011
(RTTNews) - Entertainment technology company Dolby Laboratories Inc. (DLB: News ), Monday said Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.TO: News ,RIMM: News ) has agreed to enter into a license agreement for use of its advanced audio technologies. ...

Dolby Laboratories settles patent fight with Research In Motion

Bizjournals.com - 13 Sep, 2011
San Francisco-based Dolby (NYSE: DLB) dropped its patent suits -- filed in the United States and in Germany -- after Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) signed a license deal with Via, a subsidiary of Dolby and agreed to pay some $15.2 million in back ...

RIM Dolby patent tiff settled

TechEye - 13 Sep, 2011
Research In Motion, maker of government-favourite the Blackberry, has settled with Dolby on a patent spat that has been trailing on since earlier this year. Dolby initiated the tiff back in June, seeking financial damages from RIM and claiming that ...

Dolby Announces License Agreement Research in Motion

Financial News Network Online - Tim Tracy - 13 Sep, 2011
Dolby (NYSE:DLB) announced today that Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) has entered into a license agreement for its use of Dolby's audio technologies that were the subject of two lawsuits that were recently filed by Dolby against RIM. ...

RIM licenses patents from Dolby, BlackBerry can now legally rock your eardrums

IntoMobile - Simon Sage - 13 Sep, 2011
After a spat over audio compression patents, BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has entered into a licensing agreement with Dolby. The specifics of those licensing costs haven't been disclosed, though I'm sure it'll sting less than RIM's big patent ...

RIM settles patent lawsuit, agrees to pay Dolby royalties

MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - 13 Sep, 2011
Dolby sued RIM in June for using their digital audio compression technology that's found in the speakers of PlayBook and various smartphones (Storm, Tour, Pearl, Curve and Torch), ...

RIM Agrees to License Dolby AAC Tech to Settle Patent Lawsuit

BerryReview - 13 Sep, 2011
by the BerryReview Team on Sep 12th, 2011 We told you back in June that Dolby had sued RIM for patent infringement on many of RIM's products for using the HE AAC codec. RIM has been supporting the AAC codec for years but Dolby woke up and decided to ...

RIM agrees to license Dolby patents following lawsuits in both US and Germany

The Next Web (blog) - 13 Sep, 2011
After being accused of infringing on Dolby Laboratories' patents and sued in both the US and Germany, Canadian smartphone maker RIM has agreed to license Dolby's technologies, ensuring the lawsuits against it were dismissed. ...

Dolby lawsuit against RIM dropped

IBNLive.com - 13 Sep, 2011
AP San Francisco: Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion has agreed to license its audio technologies that were the subject of two recent lawsuits against the BlackBerry maker. As a result, Dolby Laboratories Inc. said Monday it has dropped its ...

RIM signs licensing agreement for Dolby Labs' audio technology

The Hindu - 13 Sep, 2011
Global entertainment technology firm Dolby Laboratories on Tuesday said it has entered into a licensing agreement with Research in Motion (RIM) for the use of the audio firm's patented technologies in the Blackberry smartphone-maker's devices. ...

RIM, CAIR, Haig, Greenpeace, Discovery: Intellectual Property

San Francisco Chronicle - 13 Sep, 2011
(This is a daily report on global news about patents, trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property topics.) Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet computer, agreed to pay patent ...

 

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