Eric Friedebach
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Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:17 pm Post subject:
For RIM: Careful What You Ask For |
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Tomas Kellner, 12.06.05, Forbes.com
NEW YORK - Last November, the federal government injected itself in
the protracted BlackBerry court fight, where NTP is suing BlackBerry's
maker, Research In Motion, over patent infringement.
The feds filed a "statement of interest" with the court, saying the
U.S. government is a major BlackBerry user, and the court should
refrain from issuing any injunction that would shut government
BlackBerries down. The government went on to say that it was
"assessing" the extent to which "the public interest would be impaired
by the award of any injunctive relief" to NTP.
"This is nearly unprecedented," says professor Mark A. Lemley,
director of Stanford's Program in Law Science and Technology. "I can't
think of another case in which they have weighed in unsolicited on
whether a court should grant a particular injunction," which is a
great weapon for plaintiffs in patent litigation, shutting down
defendants' product or even the entire business, and forcing them into
settlement talks.
http://www.forbes.com/2005/12/05/rimm-federal-lawsuit-cz_tk_1206rimm.html
Eric Friedebach
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