The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a judge to ensure that government users can continue to send each other e-mail on their “essential” BlackBerry devices, even though the court has ruled against the maker of BlackBerry devices in a patent infringement case (see "Patent tussle could shut down BlackBerry service in U.S."). The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia may soon reinstate an injunction requiring Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) to stop selling BlackBerry devices and software in the U.S., but the DOJ, in a statement of interest filed with the court, argued that government workers would lose an important tool if BlackBerry devices are no longer available. “The United States has a considerable interest in this action, to assure that its use of BlackBerry devices and software... is not impeded and that the public interest is not substantially harmed by any injunctive relief,” wrote Paul McNulty, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the Nov. 8 document. BlackBerry devices are widely used by government and congressional workers in Washington.

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