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RIM-T RIM getting sued for patent infringement Still a nice short. SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wireless Access Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: GEMS - news) 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 that RIM be found to have willfully infringed the '503 patent. The company is seeking 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 Motion Limited. SOURCE: Glenayre Technologies, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Quotes and News: Glenayre Technologies Inc (Nasdaq:GEMS - news) Related News Categories: telecom