Key Ruling in Blackberry Dispute Could Come Next Week
Tom Krazit writes in InfoWorld:
An important ruling in the ongoing patent dispute between Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) and NTP Inc. could come as early as next Tuesday, as RIM puts the finishing touches on a "workaround" that it claims sidesteps NTP's patents.
Next week, Judge James Spencer of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia will consider two motions filed by the parties in the case, said James Wallace, an attorney with Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP and NTP's lead counsel, in an interview Friday. NTP has filed a motion seeking a judgment that a proposed settlement between the two companies was never a final deal, and RIM has filed a motion asking the court to stay the case while the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) finalizes its review of NTP's patents. The PTO has issued preliminary decisions striking down all of NTP's patents.
posted by Fergie @ 11/20/2005 01:37:00 PM
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