Friday, September 16, 2005
RIMM Sued Over SureType Auto-Completion Technique
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 03:00 PM
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,122557,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp
"A New York company has sued BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over the design of the keyboard on the BlackBerry 7100, claiming it holds a patent that covers the technology. Eatoni Ergonomics has filed a lawsuit against RIM in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the plaintiff company announced Wednesday. Eatoni holds a patent that it claims covers mobile keyboards with a "QWERTY" design that use predictive text technology. "QWERTY" is another term for a standard typewriter or keyboard layout, referring to the first six letters on the upper left hand side of a keyboard."
I wonder if Eatoni is willing to go up against Microsoft? I think the difference with Microsoft's predictive text though is it has been around since at lease 2000 and with the new QWERTY devices, it just works well with the keyboards just as it always has with stylus input.
"A New York company has sued BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over the design of the keyboard on the BlackBerry 7100, claiming it holds a patent that covers the technology. Eatoni Ergonomics has filed a lawsuit against RIM in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the plaintiff company announced Wednesday. Eatoni holds a patent that it claims covers mobile keyboards with a "QWERTY" design that use predictive text technology. "QWERTY" is another term for a standard typewriter or keyboard layout, referring to the first six letters on the upper left hand side of a keyboard."
I wonder if Eatoni is willing to go up against Microsoft? I think the difference with Microsoft's predictive text though is it has been around since at lease 2000 and with the new QWERTY devices, it just works well with the keyboards just as it always has with stylus input.
