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Originally Posted by PCW
Any lawyers here? I'm wondering...
Although the injunction would prevent RIM from selling Blackberries in the United States, does it also prevent wireless carriers from selling RIM's products in the U.S.? Does it blanketly prevent their technology (push email, etc.) from being utilized in the U.S. altogether?
And does it prevent U.S. carriers, or their foreign affiliates, from purchasing Blackberries in Canada or elsewhere outside the U.S., and distributing them, perhaps from warehouses in Canada or elsewhere outside the U.S., directly to their customers in the U.S. (you and me)?
In other words, are there loopholes in the language of the injunction that would still permit the sales of Blackberries to end-users in the U.S., albeit through rather circuitous routes?
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Courts are very unlikely to issue or uphold an injunction which would cripple an ongoing business, especially one making loads of money and where the business is willing to negotiate a resolution. Besides, I doubt NTP really wants to choke the goose that lays the golden eggs, although the threat of shutting down RIM does give it enormous leverage to strike a favorable settlement. I doubt that there will be any stoppage of sales of bb's or of bb service. At worse, for RIM that is, after the dust settles it would have to share a bigger slice of the pie with NTP. So if you're a bb user, I wouldn't sweat it. However if you're a RIM stockholder, sweat away.
From a lawyer with no bill to you.