also @ TechSpot: Asus' new lineup of Z87 Haswell motherboards revealed

› ›

Research in Motion and NTP settle

By Derek Sooman

On March 5, 2006, 2:32 PM

BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion has agreed to pay patent holder NTP the sum of $612.5 million. The move will settle the patent dispute between the two companies. For a while there, it was looking like BlackBerry might be finished - which would cause problems for a huge number of users who have become dependant on the service. Now, as a result of the settlement, the future of BlackBerry service in the United States has been secured.

In a statement released minutes ago by NTP, the company states the settlement gives RIM perpetual license to all NTP patents, past and future, eliminating the possibility that NTP could sue RIM for something else later down the road. Most importantly, perhaps, RIM's customers and partners will also be protected by the deal, allaying at least one analyst's fears put forth in our story last Friday that NTP could sue RIM's partners if the terms of a settlement merely served as evidence that NTP's rights were breached.

No tags on this story

Post a comment

Post a new comment

Social Login & Guest Posting TechSpot Members
Login here or sign up for free,
it takes about a minute.
Get complete access to the TechSpot community. Join thousands of technology enthusiasts that contribute and share knowledge in our forum. Get a private inbox, upload your own photo gallery and more.
TechSpot on:

Most Popular

Trending Featured
More Trending Topics

Featured on Cases

Downloads and Drivers

Downloads   Drivers  

J. River Media Center 18.0.187

ComicRack 0.9.169

Ashampoo UnInstaller 5.03

Files Terminator Free 2.5.0.11

Advanced Host Monitor 9.50

More Downloads

Latest Discussion

Have DOTA 2 keys to give (steam requiered) 8 replies on Gaming

Best possible quality DVD ripping? 5 replies on Software Apps

Bios update help 10 replies on Processors and Motherboards

Windows update completely stopped working, unknown error 8024402C 6 replies on Windows OS

Bitdefender 5 replies on Software Apps

More Recent Discussion

Subscribe to TechSpot

Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.