I knew we were in trouble when the judge kept checking his watch
I knew we were in trouble when the judge kept checking his watch:
The ongoing patent dispute between Research In Motion and NTP may be headed for a nasty conclusion, at least as far as RIM is concerned. This morning U.S. District Judge James Spencer said he would review whether the contested settlement deal between the two companies can be enforced, and then decide, quickly, whether or not to impose an injunction against RIM. That could spell bad news for RIM, which risks seeing its BlackBerry service shut down across the United States, its biggest market (see "Worse comes to worst, we'll spin it as a CrackBerry detox program"). "I intend to move swiftly in this," Spencer said. "I've spent enough of my life and time on NTP and RIM." Haven't we all (see "What's this 'asinine patent legislation' charge doing on my RIM bill?" "RIM, NTP attorneys resume construction on beach homes" and "What's 'You're screwed' in Norwegian?" ).