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By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
October 02, 2003

The House Wants to Keep Its Blackberrys

In a letter to the attorneys in NTP v. Research In Motion Ltd., James Eagen, the chief administrator of the House of Representatives, asked the parties to settle their differences in a way that would allow the BlackBerry wireless devices at issue to continue operating. The letter was prompted by the November 21, 2002 jury verdict in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia wherein Research In Motion was found to infringe five of NTP's patents and ordered to pay $23 million in damages. The patents at issue cover the use of radio frequencies in wirelessly redirecting corporate e-mail. Research In Motion, which makes the popular BlackBerry devices, indicated that it will appeal the jury's decision.

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