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The Supreme court decision was expected - RIM was appealing on the basis of being a Canadian Company, so not subject to the order to shut down, a tough sell since 80% of RIM's revenue comes from the US.
However, the Patent office has indicated that all or almost all of NTP's patents in this case are invalid - subject to appeal, which is really the issue now. The patent office have written to the judge who issued the injunction against RIM that the Patent's are invalid and that is highly unlikely that they will change that decision, even on appeal.
The real issue now is whether the judge wants to stick to his original injunction, knowing that it is most likely based upon an invalid patent. I think it would be a huge misuse of justice if he decided to enforce the injuncition, forcing RIM to either pay a huge settlement or shut down.
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