Legal Opinion

NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd.

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided November 30, 2005No. CIV.A. 3:01CV767JRSPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SPENCER, District Judge.

THIS MATTER comes before the Court on Research in Motion, Ltd.’s (“RIM”) Motion for Stay of Proceedings Pending Reexamination of NTP, Inc.’s Patents-in-Suit, filed on November 10, 2005. For the reasons discussed herein, RIM’s Motion for Stay of Proceedings is hereby DENIED.

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A. Brief Procedural Histo'ry

Plaintiff NTP, Inc. (“NTP”) filed suit against RIM in this Court on November 13, 2001, alleging that several dozen system and method claims from its patents-in-suit had been infringed by RIM’s BlackBerry wireless email devices and services. Drawn out…

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