Alito suggested Hamdan should wait until his trial is over before questioning whether charging him with conspiracy violates the laws of war, as his lawyer contends.
As Maurna Desmond reported for Forbes in February 2008, the two telecommunications giants brought suit against one another on the same day in two different Texas federal trial court districts, with Motorola charging RIM with the violation of seven Motorola patents and RIM charging Motorola with the violation of nine RIM patents, along with the breach of the expiring license agreement and, for good measure, anti-competitive conduct.