Friday, February 24, 2006

Blackberry injunction postponed. RIM and NTP given public flogging!

BlackBerry users will have to wait a little longer to find out whether the service will be shut down.

In the hearing today between NTP and Research In Motion over the wireless email service, US District Judge James Spencer did not issue an immediate ruling, saying he would take the matter under advisement.

And he gave the two companies a right royal public spanking for not settling between themselves. Quite right - they absolutely should have. The big question is which side made it impossible for them to reach a settlement?

If it was Blackberry they could end up paying very dearly - and if so investors and customers should punish them for such an irresponsible act. But, we'll have to wait until next week to learn any more.

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