The New York Times, July 8, 2010 by Steve Lohr
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/technology/09patent.html?_r=2
The R.I.M. case, said Robert P. Merges, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, proved to be “a major milestone in the evolution of the patent ecosystem,” spurring the adoption of tactics to reduce the risk of huge payouts.