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RIM Wins Legal Suit Over BBM Trademark

Stefany Baez May 31, 2012

A few months back a Canada based company by the name BBM Canada sued Research in Motion over the BBM trademark. BBM Canada has had the BBM trademark for over 60 years, making this an even harder case to win. Here’s what RIM said: [quote]“We are pleased that the Federal Court of Canada sided with RIM and confirmed that RIM’s use of BBM does not infringe the trademark rights of BBM Canada as t... »

RIM Official Statement on the BBM Trademark Litigation

Stefany Baez December 23, 2011

We told you yesterday about RIM facing a legal suit against Bureau of Broadcast Management for the BBM name. RIM has just made a statement about this where they state that the BBM acronym, which has been used for quite long by BlackBerry users, does not interfere with Canada’s BBM and can co-exist under Canadian trademark law. This actually does make sense, let us hope it all turns out well ... »