] U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer found that
] Ontario-based Research in Motion had violated patents
] held by NTP Inc. of Arlington for the radio-wave
] technology that undergirds the handheld BlackBerry. The
] judge ordered RIM to pay NTP $53.7 million in damages,
] interest and attorneys' fees.
]
] Spencer also ordered RIM to stop selling BlackBerry
] software and services and nine hand-held models. But the
] judge delayed imposing that decision because he said RIM
] would be "irreparably injured" without the chance to
] appeal.
]
] "If they don't win the appeal, the BlackBerry's off the
] market in the United States," said Jim Wallace, the
] lawyer for NTP.