No BlackBerry shutdown for now
U.S. District Judge James Spencer did not issue an immediate ruling during a Friday hearing between NTP and Research In Motion over the popular BlackBerry service.
During the hearing, lawyers for NTP asked Spencer to issue an updated $126 million judgment as soon as possible against the BlackBerry manufacturer, covering all of the devices NTP says infringed its patents through November of last year. They also called for an injunction to shut down RIM’s U.S. service.
Spencer did not rule from the bench, saying he would take the matter under advisement. He said he expected to release an order related to the damages before releasing one related to the injunction.
He also scolded the companies for not coming to a settlement on their own.
“In plain words, the case should have been settled, but it hasn’t, so I have to deal with that reality,” Spencer said.