USPTO rejects two NTP patents

But the struggle to reach a settlement with NTP, which owns the patents in question, is far from over, reports InternetNews. The report notes that NTP can appeal the patent examiner\'s decision twice: once before the Patent Appeals Board and again in the Federal Circuit Court. In terms of the lawsuit between NTP and RIM, NTP charged RIM\'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail service infringed seven of its patents. A jury agreed and slammed it with a $23m judgment. The jury found that some RIM products infringed on NTP\'s patents on the use of RF wireless communications in electronic mail systems. Full InternetNews report