RIM was challenging the validity of NTP's patents because a Virginia court had found RIM's flagship BlackBerry devices infringed on them.
The e-mail message says Mulroney's request reached the patent office's legal department, which gave Evans' office an explanation as to why the secretary should not speak to Mulroney about the NTP case.
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