From: newsout@canada-stockwatch.com
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 15:04:38 -0700
Subject: Stockwatch US: RIMM
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(Applies to: GEMS RIMM)
GLENAYRE'S WIRELESS ACCESS GROUP SUES RESEARCH IN MOTION FOR PATENT
INFRINGEMENT
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug 25, 1999 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The
Wireless Access Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMS)
announced today that it has filed a federal lawsuit charging that
wireless solutions provider, Research In Motion Limited (RIM), is
violating one of the company's patents governing power generation from
a dual battery source. The complaint was filed July 14, 1999, in U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California, in San Francisco.
The complaint alleges that RIM is infringing the company's U.S. Patent
5,631,503, by marketing and selling the RIM Inter@active(TM) Pager
800/900, RIM Inter@ctive Pager 850, RIM Inter@ctive(TM) Pager 950 and
the BlackBerry(TM) wireless e-mail device. Originally issued to
Wireless Access Inc. on May 20, 1997, Glenayre now holds exclusive
rights to the patent.
In its complaint, the Wireless Access Group of Glenayre requests
thatRIM be found to have willfully infringed the '503 patent. The
company isseeking unspecified monetary damages.
"Glenayre will aggressively defend its intellectual property," said
Gary Hermansen, president and general manager of Glenayre's Wireless
Access Group. "We have invested considerable resources to bring the
latest technology to market, and as such will protect our interests."
For over 30 years, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has been developing and
providing leading edge personal telecommunication systems, including
products for paging, digital, mobile and fixed networks. Glenayre has
approximately 2,000 employees, and has products installed in
approximately 100 countries. Additional information about Glenayre is
available on the company's Web site at: glenayre.com .
Glenayre's Wireless Access Group is located at 2101 Tasman Drive in
Santa Clara, California.
Inter@active(TM) and BlackBerry(TM) are trademarks of Research in
MotionLimited.
SOURCE Glenayre Technologies, Inc.
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CONTACT: Beverly Timm, Glenayre Senior Counsel, 704-553-0038, or Donna
Candelori of Candelori Communications, PR for Glenayre's Wireless Access
Group, 650-917-5610, ext. 104, or dcandelori@candelori.com
/Company News On-Call: prnewswire.com or fax,
800-758-5804, ext. 111723
WEB PAGE: glenayre.com
GEOGRAPHY: California
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INDUSTRY CODE: TLS
SUBJECT CODE: LAW
Must say i hated posting this!Still long and strong on RIM since IPO.
Tim
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