NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
418 F.3d 1282 (2005)
Relevant factsFree
RIM's BlackBerry system routed emails through a Relay component located in Canada before delivering them to U.S. users' handheld devices; NTP sued for infringement of both system and method patent claims covering email-to-wireless integration, and the jury found infringement of both despite the Relay's foreign location.
IssueFree
Whether a patented system is infringed if control and beneficial use of the system occur within the United States, and whether a patented method is infringed only if each step of the method is performed in the United States.
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