"Research in Motion Ltd moved closer on Friday to an injunction that could halt U.S. sales of its popular BlackBerry wireless device after it lost a bid to suspend a patent case against it. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied RIM's motion to stay the case until the US Supreme Court decided whether to accept RIM's request for an appeal," reports Reuters.
"The case goes back to 2002, when patent holding company NTP successfully sued RIM in a lower court. It won an injunction in 2003 to halt US sales of the BlackBerry and shut down its service, although that ruling was stayed pending appeal."
