When we first heard that RIM pulled the Kik app from App World and then revoked their code signing keys we knew there was more to the story. Turns out RIM filed a patent lawsuit against Kik for patent infringement. While RIM is usually on the receiving end of these lawsuits it will be interesting to see how it goes.
We know that the CEO of Kik, Ted Livingston, worked at RIM while he was a student at the University of Waterloo and Kik is just down the street from RIM. This makes me wonder if Ted did not take some of RIM’s technology to power Kik…
You can check out the court file T-1996-10 spotted by David Lam. It should be interesting to see how this whole thing plays out.
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