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Blackberry Injunction Postponed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the chalk-one-up-for-not-dumbness dept.

Astin writes "The PTO has rejected the last of the NTP patents against Research in Motion. On top of this, Judge Spencer has decided that Blackberry service won't be shut down today, but he will issue a decision on the injunction 'as soon as reasonably possible.' RIM CEO Jim Balsillie just said on CNBC that it's 'quite possible' that NTP won't see any settlement from RIM at all now."

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  1. No patents but still infringing by plankrwf · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interesting system in het States: no valid patents, but stil possible infringement... But then, hey, I'm a stupid European ;-0

  2. I think of this: by MtViewGuy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The famous U.S. v. United Shoe Machinery Company case of 1941.

    United Shoe was caught abusing its patent portfolio to keep competitors at bay; this was the same rationale that got Rambus into a lot of trouble a few years back when courts said Rambus' patents on certain computer memory designs was used to keep DDR-SDRAM technology at bay in favor of Rambus' own RDRAM technology.

    In short, NTP was abusing US patent laws to keep a competitor at bay.