No Shut Down for Blackberry’s, For Now

By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

The U.S. District Judge ruling over the RIM and NTP case, James Spencer, did not issue an immediate ruling over the popular BlackBerry service.

During the hearing, lawyers for NTP asked Spencer to issue an updated $126 million judgment as soon as possible against the BlackBerry manufacturer, covering all of the devices it says infringed NTP patents through November of last year. They also called for an injunction against RIM’s U.S. service.

Spencer did not rule from the bench, saying he would take the matter under advisement. He said he expected to release an order related to the damages before releasing one related to the injunction.

He also scolded the companies for not coming to a settlement on their own.Source: News.com

And, in other news from the patent office, a second final rejection has been issued by the Patent Office, two days after issuing the first. There are three other patents in the re-examination process, but those could take months or even years to complete. NTP’s lawyers Friday asked Spencer to award it $126 million in damages related to the infringement of its patents, but the judge will probably not rule on that today. Source: News.com.