The RIM ruling was BS... In Canada and every other country in the world the Blackberry Technology was perfectly legal.
At the same time as the proceedings, NTP actually lost the right to their patents in a seperate trial, but since the trial began before that ruling the loopholes in the legal system meant that RIM was still "liable". If anything this situation will remedy a problem with the US patent system where there can be patent holding companies that dont use them.
In fact, I read somewhere (cant find the link) that IBM and Intel are lobbying for clearer patent laws, as I quess there are a lot of legal loopholes and "unclear" language.
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