Supreme Court Tunes Out RIM Patent Spat
Newly-appointed Chief Justice John Roberts denied RIM’s motion to review the injunction, which could force the handheld device manufacturer to shut down some of its services in the United States, based on a 2002 ruling against the company in its patent suit against NTP….
However, RIM conceded in a press release issued Wednesday that it expects NTP to ask the Virginia District Court where the case was originally decided to enter a new injunction prohibiting it from providing its BlackBerry wireless service, and from using, selling, manufacturing or importing its handhelds and software in the United States….
