Blackberry Patent Dispute Settled

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Blackberry owners sighed in relief Friday when Research In Motion (RIM) announced that it settled a long-running patent dispute with NTP. RIM announced that it agreed to pay NTP US$612.5 million, which covers all of NTPis claims, plus a perpetual license. As a part of the settlement, NTP dropped its case against RIM. NTPis lawsuit alleged that RIM violated patents it owned by developing and selling the Blackberry and related services. Until the settlement was announced, Blackberry owners were on edge wondering if RIM might have to shut down its wireless email and content delivery service.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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