RIM loses another round, $450 million settlement ruled invalid

RIM just can't catch a break. Following
ruling after ruling against the Blackberry manufacturer, a federal judge has now decided that the disputed $450 million settlement with NTP that RIM
was looking to have enforced is not in fact valid. District Judge James Spencer could next decide to reissue an injunction that would suspend Blackberry service in the US, which might effectively force RIM to cough up as much as $1 billion to avoid. All of this action comes while the validity of NTP's original patents is still in question, but that is still an issue for the Patent Office and thus has no bearing on the current proceedings.

[Thanks, Jim L.]