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Jim was born in Peterborough, Ontario. PHILANTHROPIC WORK In 2000 , Balsillie provided $10 million of personal funds towards the founding of the Perimeter Institute For Theoretical Physics , adding to the $100 million already contributed by fellow RIM executive Mike Lazaridis . In 2002 , Balsillie founded the Centre For International Governance Innovation with $30 million of personal funds. STATEMENT REGARDING PATENTS Responding to the settlement by RIM against NTP, Inc. , Balsillie listed several flaws with the U.S. patent system, particularly that too many "bogus" patents are issued. He also stated that the judge in the case ignored later findings by the U.S. patent office that NTP's patents were not valid, and quoted a Newsweek article in saying that the court's treatment of RIM was like "a judge in a murder case pondering execution while ignoring DNA evidence that exonerates the accused. REFERENCES |
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