Patent case still clouds RIM's future after U.S. court upholds ruling: Say firm did infringe, but sends appeal to lower court because of judge's actions

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A large patent infringement case will go on over Research In Motion Ltd. for a couple of months. On December 14 2004, a U.S. federal appeals court upheld a ruling that the company infringed on a U.S. firms intellectual property but sent the case back to a district court because of a judge's mistake in defining some of the technology involved in the claim.

Patents & copyrights, Wireless communications services, Intellectual property, Patent infringement, Wireless voice/data service

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RIM to appeal court payout ruling

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NTP Inc.'s lawsuit victory over Research In Motion Ltd., which produces the BlackBerry wireless e-mail products, will be appealed. RIM, which lost the patent infringement case, was ordered to pay $8.9 million to NTP in addition to a previous judgement of $23.1 million.

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RIM's behavior prompted higher court award: judge

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U.S. District Court Judge James Spencer has increased a jury award against Research In Motion Ltd. The ruling, which was based on RIM's behavior in the patent infringement case involving NTP Inc., raised the award by $8.9 million.

Spencer, James

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