Supreme Court takes a pass on BlackBerry case

Today, the US Supreme Court declined to hear BlackBerry maker Research In Motion's appeal of lower court findings that it infringed on patents owned by patent holding company NTP. As a result, the fate of RIM's US fortunes are once again in the hands of US District Court Judge James Spencer. In November 2005, Judge Spencer declined to enforce a March 2005 US$450 million settlement between RIM and NTP was invalid, raising the spectre of the enforcement of an injunction against the sale of BlackBerrys in the US and the operation of RIM's network.

Eric Bangeman

If you own a Blackberry, now might be a good time to start looking at alternatives.