http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/10/0654239&from=rss
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/08/technology/08rimm.html?ex=1286424000&en=36a033d8727e76ab&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
From NYTimes:
OTTAWA, Oct. 7 - A court decision Friday renewed the possibility that service to BlackBerry wireless e-mail devices might be cut off for most users in the United States.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington rejected a request by Research in Motion, the Canadian company that makes the BlackBerry, to rehear its appeal of a patent infringement case brought by NTP Inc., the patent holder. A three-judge panel of the court ruled in August that Research in Motion had violated seven of NTP's patents.
- Joel
In an update to this story RIM has another date in court February 24, 2006. Will this be the day the RIM network goes silent?
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/0ac88f50-58b1-4df4-9dca-42063a47b506.html
In a odd twist the US Patent Office rejected NTP patent that is being used in the suit against RIM. This could severly hamper NTP's case when it is reviewed February 24th since the patent that the original ruling was based on is no longer valid.
More at the source:
http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/78188f66-970c-4d01-827d-44a47b220bb0.html
Finally another settlement has been reached, hopefully this be the last we hear of this. This time to a tune of $612.5 million (US)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11659304/
Those of you that haven't switched to a Windows Mobile device can breath a sigh of relief :)