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BlackBerry shutdown nearer after ruling
If you are an addicted Blackberry user, constantly checking your email, today's news will worry you.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. today was pushed closer to a possible shutdown of its U.S. mobile e-mail service after a judge refused to delay a patent infringement case and rejected a disputed settlement with patent holder NTP Inc.
U.S. District Judge James Spencer said he would request briefs and set a hearing date to deal with the remaining issues of injunctive relief and appropriate damages against RIM.
"Valid patents would be rendered meaningless if an infringing party were allowed to circumvent the patents' enforcement by incessantly delaying and prolonging court proceedings, which have already resulted in a finding of infringement," Spencer said in his ruling.
Still pending before Spencer is a request by NTP to move forward with an injunction that would halt U.S. sales of the BlackBerry and shut its service.
Can you imagine your world without a Blackberry...you may need to start taking steps backward...
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posted by Unknown @ Wednesday, November 30, 2005,
