30,000 patents for RIM under the Intellectual Ventures deal

Intellectual Ventures has granted access to over 30,000 patents to RIM. With companies suing each other claiming patents on products like Apple and Nokia, it seems RIM has secured one areas for itself.

It should also breathe some new life into RIM as well, which is always a good  thing as BlackBerry handsets, despite their popularity, are somewhat behind the current crop of super-powered smartphones.

According to the official line via BGR:

“Intellectual Ventures offers an efficient way to access the invention rights companies need to stay competitive within the market,” said Mario Obeidat,

Intellectual Ventures’ head of telecom licensing.

But RIM isn’t the only big player to have dealings with Intellectual Ventures. Both Samsung and HTC have used IV in the past as well.

Intellectual Ventures was set up by former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvoid, in 2000.

There’s no word on the exact details of the deal between RIM and Intellectual Ventures other than the fact that RIM now has access to 30,000 of its patents.

But it’s certainly good news for avid BlackBerry fans as we could see some seriously cool innovation coming very soon – at least, we hope it will.