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Keeping Lawyers Occupied: BlackBerry vs. Blackjack

What are the chances that you, an educated wireless consumer, might walk into a Cingular store to buy a BlackBerry, and out of sheer confusion, walk out with a Samsung Blackjack instead?

RIM, which makes the BlackBerry, figures its customers are just soooo busy making multi-gazillion dollar deals that they’re not paying enough attention to know the difference. RIM has filed an infringement lawsuit against Samsung in federal court in Los Angeles, claiming that Blackjack is just too close to BlackBerry.

Now wait just a minute. It seems to me that if anyone ought to be upset here, it’s the blackberry farmers. Talk about confusion - you could go shopping for sweet, luscious blackberries and if you’re not paying attention, wind up buying a sackful of wireless electronic devices. The RIM people are clearly infringing on the blackberry farmers’ rights, and appropriating that venerable fruit’s reputation, without just compensation.

It’s time for an enterprising lawyer to contact the Blackberry Commission and settle the score here.

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[via Tech2]

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