Judge James Spencer today said he would not impose an immediate injunction against Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the BlackBerry. RIM received a copy of a Final Office Action issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in the reexamination of NTP, Inc. Patent #5,436,960. This Final Office Action maintains the outright and complete rejection of all claims in the patent.

All of the 3 patents remaining in dispute in the NTP vs. RIM litigation have now been rejected. Although NTP may appeal, the rejections reflect the final opinion of the Patent Office's Central Reexamination Unit that the 3 patents at issue in this case are invalid.

- Patent #6,317,592 contains 6 of the 9 claims at issue in this case and all 6 claims were rejected in the Patent Office ruling disclosed by RIM on February 1, 2006.

- Patent #6,067,451 contains 2 of the 9 claims at issue in this case and both claims were rejected in the Patent Office ruling disclosed by RIM on February 22, 2006.

- Patent #5,436,960 contains the last of the 9 claims at issue in this case and that claim was rejected in the Patent Office ruling disclosed today.