Blackberry Not Appealing to the Supreme Court

By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

How’s that for a catchy title? Just saw this on MSN, the Supreme Court refused to hear the patent appeal from the maker of the Blackberry device, Research In Motion Ltd (RIM). The appeal asked the justices to decide whether the company, whose main really station is outside of the US borders in Canada, could be held liable.

The high court’s refusal to hear Canada-based Research In Motion Ltd.’s appeal means that a trial judge in Richmond, Va., could impose an injunction against the company and block Blackberry use among many of its owners in the United States.

RIM was challenging a ruling by a federal appeals court that found that the company had infringed on the patents held by NTP Inc., a tiny northern Virginia patent-holding firm, because its customers use the Blackberry inside U.S. borders. The panel said it did not matter where the relay station is located.

Attorney Kevin Anderson, who represents NTP, said the firm is pleased with the court’s action. “We think the Supreme Court’s rejection of RIM’s position makes it clear that RIM should stop defying the U.S. legal system,” he said. Source: MSN

We Say: Of course RIM said it wasn’t a big loss and that their case was still strong. I myself have never been able to use a Blackberry device, we tried to get them at work, but the boss shut that down. I wonder how much business all of this has cost RIM? It’s certainly not helping us at all.