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- Title: Ntp, Inc. v. Research in Motion
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Release Date : January 02, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 96 KB
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Before MICHEL,1 Chief Judge, SCHALL, and LINN, Circuit Judges.2 Research In Motion, Ltd. (""RIM"") appeals from a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (""district court"") entered in favor of NTP, Inc. (""NTP"") following a jury verdict that RIM's BlackBerryTM system infringed NTP's U.S. Patents Nos. 5,436,960 (""the '960 patent""); 5,625,670 (""the '670 patent""); 5,819,172 (""the '172 patent""); 6,067,451 (""the '451 patent""); and 6,317,592 (""the '592 patent"") (collectively, ""the patents-in-suit"") and awarding damages to NTP in the amount of $53,704,322.69. NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd., No. 3:01CV767 (E.D. Va. Aug. 5, 2003) (""Final Judgment""). The court, in a final order also appealed by RIM, permanently enjoined any further infringement by RIM, but stayed the injunction pending this appeal. We conclude that the district court erred in construing the claim term ""originating processor,"" but did not err in construing any of the other claim terms on appeal. We also conclude that the district court correctly denied RIM's motion for judgment as a matter of law (""JMOL""), and did not abuse its discretion in denying evidentiary motions. Finally, we conclude that the district court was correct in sending the question of infringement of the system and apparatus claims to the jury, but erred as a matter of law in entering judgment of infringement of the method claims. Thus, we affirm-in-part, reverse-in-part, vacate-in-part, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.