Why Is RIM Trying To Block The Trademark On Twitter?

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 04/09/2008 - 14:11

IP Democracy points us to the news that RIM, the maker of the super popular Blackberry device and service, is apparently trying to block Twitter's trademark application on the name Twitter .

Twitter, of course, is the also quite popular online messaging/presence solution. While both the Blackberry and Twitter have been subject of accusation of being addictive, it's difficult to figure out what possible cause RIM could have in blocking the trademark.

RIM doesn't appear to have any...

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