RIM's BlackBerry to battle "RedBerry" clone in China
In a
surprising turn of events, China has decided to create a cheap domestic rip off of a popular product. With RIM finally
readying the BlackBerry for its Chinese release, after a couple of years of delays, China Unicom has launched a
"RedBerry" service that will offer push email to current subscribers on their existing CDMA handsets. Never
the type to shy away from copyright infringement, China Unicom issued a press release stating: "The RedBerry name
extends the vivid name of BlackBerry that people are already familiar with, and it also combines the new red symbol of
China Unicom." Good to know they're feeling chipper about it. So far there's no word from RIM, but if a lawsuit
doesn't end this there could be some stiff competition in the low-end between the services since the RedBerry offering
sounds to be considerably cheaper than RIM's.[Thanks, Paul]
Filed under: Software, RIM, China Unicom, CDMA
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
gimmeadollr @ Apr 12th 2006 12:45AM
so... what country's gonna get the poisonberry?
DA @ Apr 12th 2006 3:58AM
Nicely phrased.
Alex @ Apr 12th 2006 9:13AM
the country is ruled by totalitarians!
Justin @ Apr 12th 2006 11:08AM
As Uncle Duke would say,
"Better Red than Dead!"
Pony99CA @ Apr 12th 2006 5:12PM
Actually, I think this would be *trademark* infringement, not copyright infringement -- unless you're saying they ripped off RIM's code.
Eugene @ Jul 5th 2007 5:11AM
Ahh...
Always good to see racist comments and racial stereotyping on popular tech blogs - it feels right at place.
/sarcasm
Miko @ Jul 5th 2007 7:08AM
Interesting, but little does RIM know, CDMA blows in China in comparison to GSM.
Jeebus @ Jul 5th 2007 3:48PM
what would I ever do without Mao and Falun Gong to keep me smiling during the day... ahh.
ChopperNYC @ Jul 13th 2007 6:56PM
what are you going to sue about? US copyright law? even with 1986 or whatever geneva, etc..i dont think China is in it...nice try...US Patent Law..Nice Try...IP..nice try...good luck on that one...anyone know the real details of even trying to fight infringement of any sort in China?