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IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Kirk Teska	The Story Behind the BlackBerry Case A single filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991 has caused one of the largest patent disputes in recent memory, threatening to sever more than 3 million BlackBerry subscribers from their wireless e-mail service.
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InternetNews December 14, 2004 Roy Mark	Court Rules RIM Infringed A federal appeals court ruled today that a district court properly determined that Research in Motion infringed on the patents on NTP, but still sent the case back to the district court for further review of damages.
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Inc. June 2006 Athena Schindelheim	Great Moments In Patent History With the blockbuster BlackBerry settlement and a case involving eBay before the Supreme Court, the dowdy world of patent law is suddenly hot.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Back to Court for Eolas and Microsoft A federal appeals court sends the patent infringement case back down for another trial.
InternetNews May 1, 2007 Roy Mark	Vonage Asks Court to Vacate Infringement Verdict Vonage late on Tuesday asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to vacate a lower court decision that the Internet telephone company infringed on patents held by Verizon.
InternetNews May 3, 2007 Roy Mark	Court Rejects Vonage New Trial Bid A federal appeals court late Wednesday rejected Vonage's motion for a new trial in its bitter patent infringement feud with Verizon.
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InternetNews September 8, 2009	Linux Group Grabs Microsoft Patents: Report The Wall Street Journal reported this AM that the Open Invention Network was in the process of acquiring former Microsoft patents in a bid to help protect open source users.
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Fast Company January 2006 Jennifer Reingold	Squashing the BlackBerry? Once you've gotten your hands on a BlackBerry, the wireless email device now carried by more than 3 million people across the country, life is never the same.
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Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike	Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary.