With the Supreme Court so busy allowing old folks to kill themselves by OD-ing on pharmaceuticals and letting teenage girls get their fetuses ripped out from their uterine lining without parental permission so long as their health is at risk, they just don't have time to waste on silly little matters like BlackBerrys.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Research in Motion, the Canadian maker of BlackBerry e-mail devices, to review its patent dispute with the holding company NTP.

The court's decision means that the case is now back in the hands of Judge James R. Spencer of Federal District Court in Richmond, Va. He is considering a request from NTP to impose an injunction banning the sale and use of most BlackBerry hand-held devices in the United States.

And just when we figured out how to get Dodgeball working on our BeeBs. Assholes. At least we know we've got Mariah Carey and Naomi Campbell on our side.

Supreme Court Refuses Review in BlackBerry Patent Dispute [Ian Austen, NYT]
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