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RIM Loses NTP Case, To Pay $53 Million

Posted by timothy on from the blackberry-owners-in-mourning dept.

theodp writes "A judge has ruled in favor of holding company NTP in its patent-infringement case against BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, awarding monetary damages and fees of $53.7 million and granting an injunction preventing RIM from making, using, or offering to sell handhelds, services or software in the U.S. until the date of expiration of NTP's patents, the latest of which is May 20, 2012. The court then stayed that injunction, pending an appeal by the Canadian company."

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  1. Ouch... by l33t-gu3lph1t3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    +1 for irony here. Lawsuits-in-Motion gets bitten by the litigation bug themselves, with potentially business-crippling consequences. I fear for the contracts that RIM has with the US Federal Government...doesn't it have business relations with the Department of Defence?

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