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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage.appHeader = "timeline|The BlackBerry patent case";
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage.appDeck = "Important dates in the legal case between patent holding company NTP Inc. and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.";
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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Nov. 13, 2001","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "NTP, formed by inventor Thomas Campana and attorney Don Stout, sues Research In Motion in federal court in Alexandria, Va., claiming patent infringement. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court in Richmond.";

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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "A federal jury decides in favor of NTP and awards $23.1 million in damages, based on 5.7 percent of RIM sales.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","May 23, 2003","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer increases the royalty rate for NTP to 8.55 percent. Later, Spencer issues an injunction that would essentially shut down the U.S. BlackBerry operation but stays it pending appeals.";

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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "Campana dies, but the suit continues.";

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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "A U.S. appeals court sides mostly with the lower court.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","March 16, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "RIM announces that it has agreed to a $450 million settlement. The deal later unravels.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Aug. 2, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "The appeals court reissues its previous opinion with changes, some favorable to RIM, but still largely sides with the lower court.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Sept. 28, 2005 ","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office says -- preliminarily -- that it has rejected the last of eight NTP patents it is re-examining. Five of those patents are at the core of NTP's suit.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Oct. 21, 2005","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "The appeals court denies a motion to delay the case. Five days later, the U.S. Supreme Court does the same.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Jan. 23, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "The Supreme Court refuses to hear an appeal from RIM.";

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Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "Spencer sets a Feb. 24 hearing date to consider the injunction.<br>";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 9, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "RIM says it has tested software workaround designs for BlackBerry service in the U.S. market, if needed.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 17, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "RIM says it remains open to a \"reasonable\" settlement with NTP.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 21, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "Spencer rejects a request by the U.S. Justice Department to hold additional proceedings on how to exempt government users from a potential shutdown of BlackBerry service.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 22, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issues final rejection of one of the five disputed patents held by NTP Inc.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","Feb. 24, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "Spencer declines to issue an immediate injunction against U.S. BlackBerry service.";

Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i++] = new Array("","March 3, 2006","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
Tech_060217_BlackBerryTimeline_FullPage[i-1].body = "RIM agrees to settle with NTP for $612.5 million.";

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