Monthly Archives: December 2010

Anti-spam law enacted in Canada

Posted on Saturday, December 18, 2010 by David Lam

On Wednesday, Canada becomes the final G8 country to have laws specifically targeting unsolicited email marketing (spam). Being a Canadian law, it only applies to spam originating from Canada. So while it may not make that much difference in the … Continue reading →

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RIM v. Kik part 2

Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 by David Lam

Yesterday, RIM launched a suit against Kik Interactive for patent infringement. I just had a look at the statement of claim (available here), and it looks like there’s more to the story than simply patent infringement. Not only does RIM … Continue reading →

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RIM sues Kik for patent infringement

Posted on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 by David Lam

If you’ve been following BlackBerry news lately, you know that Kik Messenger was booted out of the Blackberry app store by RIM on Nov 12, for “breaching contractual obligations”. Kik is an in instant messaging service, much like RIM’s BlackBerry … Continue reading →

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