Judge Sets Date for BlackBerry Hearing
A federal judge on Wednesday set a Feb. 24 hearing date to consider an injunction that could shut down BlackBerry wireless e-mail service in the United States.
This follows the Supreme Court’s official refusal on Monday to hear an appeal in the ongoing battle that has loomed over BlackBerry customers for years.
The Supreme Court’s refusal marked the latest in a series of setbacks for Research in Motion, since NTP sued the BlackBerry maker for alleged patent infringement in 2001.
U.S. District Judge James Spencer ruled in favor of NTP in 2003, instructing RIM to halt its sales of BlackBerry devices and services in the United States until NTP’s patents run out in 2012.