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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. Lawsuit anyone? by SoTuA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This guys should get together with SCO... quite a showing of lawsuits going on!

    I wonder how much of the suit was genuine infringement and how much SCO-like "derivative works" and "magical IP that gives me property over everything that touches it" whinning.

  2. Re:Lots of info...but nothing we couldn't figure o by HunterCat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I agree that the quality of the articles appears to be suffering in the race to get them out. On the merits of this case, did you notice that RIM's stock fell 3.16 or over 11% of its value. If the company does not right its ship, and quickly, they will not be around when the appeal is heard. MMORPG Fan? Click Here to try the new, Free, Everwars