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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. So by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    If you became employed by Research In Motion, would that be a RIM Job?

    1. Re:So by CaptCanuk · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, their recruitment literature is very specific in stating that they don't offer RIM Jobs. The free pen they gave out said it all: "RIM Careers". It's good to see marketing accounting for sexual innuendo.

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  2. top level?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I have patented the process of setting up and running a company in the us. Now all must bow down before me.

  3. Glad NTP won by sharkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was afraid my clocks would drift hopelessly.

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  4. not patent infringement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hasn't the RIAA/MPAA/Government taught us ANYTHING?

    It is NOT patent *infringement*. It is patent/intellectual property *THEFT*. It's no better than PIRATING..

    To call this "patent infringement" is to not do honor to the hard work of patent attorneys and offices around the world!

  5. Not quite by Montreal+Geek · · Score: 2, Funny

    But their earnings just took a RIM shot. (Ack! I should be ashamed of myself). -- MA

  6. Now I understand... by tigre · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cases like this make me finally realize what is meant by "patently obvious". It means its as obvious and inevitable as patentable technology.