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1. Windows ActiveX patch addresses functionality disputed by Eolas

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... strange, though not unprecedented, result last September of the USPTO upholding the patent whose claim by Eolas it had previously invalidated. In a last-ditch effort to save its case, Microsoft appealed ...

2. RIM CEO indicates settlement with NTP unlikely

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... five of the patents at issue, although the statement should come with an asterisk: The USPTO has only finally rejected two of the five, while making an initial rejection for the remaining three. "These ...

3. Analysis: RIM can now literally settle for less with NTP

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Spencer's opinions have upheld a federal court ruling that RIM infringed upon NTP's patents. In previous opinions, such as his November 2005 denial of RIM's motion to stay the proceedings pending the USPTO's ...

4. Victory for RIM: No injunction, but judge urges parties to settle

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... to the USPTO Web site at the time of this wriring. Proceedings in the patent battle between Arlington-based NTP and Canadian BlackBerry manufacturer and service provider Research in Motion got under way ...

5. NTP accuses US Patent Office of violating federal law in RIM case

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... upon by Research in Motion, Ltd., the makers of BlackBerry, NTP Ltd., the patent holder and plaintiff, accused the USPTO of favoritism towards RIM, and in so doing, violating federal law. The statement, ...

6. US patent office issues final rejection for one NTP claim

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... Earlier in the day, Reuters reported that the USPTO had posted the news to its Web site; but a USPTO spokesperson indicated to us that this report was premature. The report is expected to be issued later ...

7. RIM announces "multi-mode" workaround for BlackBerry users

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... to all of the five disputed patents, but a final rejection could still be a year or two away. With an internal court system, even these "final" rejections can be "appealed" to a USPTO Appellate Board and ...

8. Last of NTP's patents preliminarily rejected by USPTO

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   ... If a 30-day period of review passes without appeal by NTP, the USPTO would be free to issue a binding ruling on the validity of all five patents, that are the subject of its ongoing dispute with BlackBerry ...

9. RIM reports revenue gains despite litigation, "non-settlement" costs

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... brighter for RIM, as three of NTP's eight patents have been rejected by the USPTO, and RIM's growth pattern shows a continued upward trend. Waterloo (Ontario) - If the fate of BlackBerry truly faces ...

10. US Patent Office rejects another NTP patent

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... with Research In Motion (RIM) the makers of the popular Blackberry phones. This comes just one day after the USPTO rejected another NTP patent involved in the lawsuit. Three patents down, two to go. ...

11. Norwegian company may save RIM in legal battle with NTP

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... from the United States Patent Office (USPTO). The USPTO has ruled that a Norwegian company may have filed one of the disputed patents before NTP. The legal battle between NTP and RIM was joined by a ...

12. Judge nullifies settlement between RIM and NTP

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... not have to pay anything as the United States patent office is currently examining NTP's patents. The USPTO has already preliminarily ruled that some of disputed patents are invalid, but a more detailed ...