Both Research In Motion and NTP have confirmed that the US Patent Office has rejected two patents used by NTP in a patent infringement lawsuit against RIM's BlackBerry line. There is now only a single patent that the case hinges on and it is up for review as well.
RIM and NTP reached a $450 million settlement earlier this year, but they haven't been able to finalize the deal.
Last week RIM Co-CEO Jim Balsillie told the press that his company has a workaround for any infringement claims by NTP. No concrete details were given other than that it could work with all existing devices.
Investors have taken to the patent news this afternoon, rallying shares of RIM [RIMM] over 6% in trading Wedensday.
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