Court Nixes Full Appeal in BlackBerry Suit
A federal court denied Research In Motion Ltds request for the full court to rehear its appeal of a long-running patent suit in which the maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices has been found guilty of infringement.
RIM said Friday it plans an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and will seek a halt to further proceedings until that court decides whether to review the case.
If the Supreme Court declines to hear the case, the suit against patent holder NTP Inc. would be sent back to a federal district court to reconsider certain aspects of a 2003 jury verdict against RIM. That verdict raised the seemingly remote possibility that RIM might be forced to stop selling BlackBerrys.
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