Post-Apple deal, Visual Voicemail inventor chases RIM, Motorola

Visual Voicemail has already seen Klausner Technologies seize a licensing deal from Apple for use of the technology within the iPhone, now it seems Research In Motion and Motorola may soon be forced to cough-up some cash to implement such features in their smartphones.
Patent-holding inventor Judah Klausner has filed suit against Motorola and Research In Motion, alleging infringement of technology patents related to visual voicemail. As we all know, that’s the handy tech which lets mobile phone users see who has left a voicemail and choose which messages they want to listen to first.

Klausner has a strong case - it has already won settlements from Apple and LG Electronics. Now it is chasing after cash for use of the technologies in the Cliq phone and BlackBerry 9700 models.

Apple settled the case with the inventor in 2008, taking out a license to use the technology in the iPhone, though financial terms of that deal were not disclosed.