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Court Rules in Suit over Stones Blackberry License

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that The Rolling Stones' tour management company didn't breach the exclusivity terms of an agreement for use of Stones intellectual properties in conjunction with the planned development of a limited-edition Blackberry smartphone

3 minute read January 28, 2009 at 02:18 PM
By
Stan Soocher
Court Rules in Suit over Stones Blackberry License

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that The Rolling Stones' tour management company didn't breach the exclusivity terms of an agreement for use of Stones intellectual properties in conjunction with the planned development of a limited-edition Blackberry smartphone.

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