D-Day for USA Blackberry
February 26, 2006 by colbert low
Filed under Announcements, Handhelds, Misc. Gadgets
A federal judge may decide on Friday whether to pull the plug on BlackBerry email devices used by millions of Americans as part of a fight over patents for the pocket-sized technology.
Research In Motion Ltd., a Canadian company that makes BlackBerry devices, has been locked in a court battle for more than four years with privately held NTP Inc., which contends that RIM unfairly used some of its patents.
U.S. District Judge James Spencer will hear arguments beginning at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) from NTP, which wants the judge to halt U.S. sales and shut down U.S. BlackBerry service. The judge granted such an injunction in 2003 but stayed it pending RIM’s appeal.
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