MWC 2008: Various brands overview - GSMArena.com

looks like toshiba is using the trackball patent... wonder if they got the rights to use it... looks exactly like the curve track ball....

heres a link to the phone:
Toshiba G710 - Full phone specifications






mod: can you edit title to "RIM to sue toshiba?"

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You mean toshuns to use RIM?

I think they should be sued for choosing Windows Mobile as the OS

What I can'st stand is how RIM was actually awarded a patent for that track ball. The track ball super old technology....

Any company can get a patent, but the real question is will their patent hold up upon further review. Perhaps the UPTO needs to have a clue about previously existing technology before they award a patent.

wag...but there is only one!

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Most patents are very specific in use because general patents dont usually fly at the patent office so it really depends on how it was written up