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Originally Posted by nb_mitch
Actually, you are incorrect, both of you 
A settlement of $450M was reached, I believe last April timeframe. Then NTP in June claimed that there was no final settlement and it all fell apart (with everyones assumption the dead guy wanted more money, $1B has been thrown around allot. The Judge agreed with NTP a few months ago and then the US government waded in and the Patent Office put everything on the fast track. Originally I though the Judge was going to make a ruling back in November, but it is now almost Feb and nothing from his side, but the Patent Office as been busy. |
If we are incorrect, its due to incorrect news reporting.. see below article...
November 30, 2005
By
Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com
Published on
ZDNet News: November 30, 2005, 8:40 AM PT
In a second order released Wednesday, the judge also rejected a $450 million settlement reached earlier in the year between RIM and NTP--a small patent-holding company in Arlington, Va., that filed the lawsuit--saying it was not "valid and enforceable."