BlackBerry Forums Support Community

BlackBerry Forums Support Community (http://www.blackberryforums.com/index.php)

- RIM Stock/Legal Discussion (http://www.blackberryforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55)

- - RIM suing Kik (http://www.blackberryforums.com/showthread.php?t=240931)

akosnitzky

12-01-2010 09:46 AM

RIM suing Kik

http://cas-ncr-nter03.cas-satj.gc.ca...t_no=T-1996-10

zerog46

12-01-2010 09:59 AM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Don't have to worry about using that anymore.
Posted via BlackBerryForums.com Mobile

JSanders

12-01-2010 11:58 AM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Guess I can delete it now... :(

juwaack68

12-01-2010 12:03 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

I'd like to know the basis for their lawsuit. First they allowed it in the App Store, then yanked it. Doesn't it have to go thru some sort of review before it can be put in the App Store?

What's different between Kik and Pingchat and other similar multi-platform applications?

penguin3107

12-01-2010 12:07 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

WhatsApp is better anyway, IMO.

JSanders

12-01-2010 12:08 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

I'm thinking (since the head of Kik was a former RIM employee, and he might have even been on the BBMessenger development team -- I can't recall exactly, so I don't want to impugn him), that there must have been some proprietary piece of a RIM patent used in Kik for the push delivery or instant communication Kik was good at.

But, I really don't know. All that is guessing and putting together little puzzle pieces I have read here and there.

JSanders

12-01-2010 12:09 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguin3107 (Post 1679814)

WhatsApp is better anyway, IMO.

That's one I haven't tried out. Thanks.

wabbit

12-02-2010 08:51 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

why not sue, msn messenger, aol, im, icq, and the other 50000 messengers?

i dont get companys some time. also if rim wins this, does it mean they own im?

akosnitzky

12-03-2010 01:57 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

I guess we have ping chat

penguin3107

12-03-2010 02:52 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Quote:

Originally Posted by wabbit (Post 1680390)

why not sue, msn messenger, aol, im, icq, and the other 50000 messengers?

Because none of them violated a non-disclosure agreement with RIM and/or used proprietary RIM code in their IM protocols.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wabbit (Post 1680390)

also if rim wins this, does it mean they own im?

No.

penguin3107

12-03-2010 02:53 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Quote:

Originally Posted by akosnitzky (Post 1680656)

I guess we have ping chat

And WhatsApp, my personal preference.

wabbit

12-03-2010 06:51 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguin3107 (Post 1680685)

Because none of them violated a non-disclosure agreement with RIM and/or used proprietary RIM code in their IM protocols.

No.

ah i didn't know that!

thanks for the info :)

akosnitzky

12-06-2010 11:57 AM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguin3107 (Post 1680687)

And WhatsApp, my personal preference.

For now, based on others I have Whats App installed

Cooper

12-08-2010 06:17 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

To add to it, they have supposedly been kicked out of the Accelerator Center. I can almost guarantee this company is done.
Posted via BlackBerryForums.com Mobile

SteveO86

12-31-2010 10:53 PM

Re: RIM suing Kik

Wonder if anything more will come from this.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:45 PM.