Microsoft, Intel split on BlackBerry spat
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft and Intel are taking opposing sides in a long-running patent dispute involving the BlackBerry handheld, a case that threatens U.S. sales of the wireless e-mail device.
Friend-of-the-court briefs filed last week by both companies and reviewed by CNET News.com reveal that Microsoft wants the courts to re-evaluate a 2002 district court decision that found BlackBerry maker Research In Motion infringed patents owned by Virginia-based patent holder NTP.