Mformation's attorney said the legal system allows small businesses to protect their patented inventions against unauthorized use by large corporations.

The decision by the jury is likely to add to RIM's woes, including the delay of a key update, BlackBerry 10, to the first quarter of 2013.

The company which faces competition from Apple and phones running Android in the quarter ended June 2 to $2.8 billion from $4.9 billion a year earlier. It also reported a net loss of $518 million, against a profit of $695 million a year earlier.

The IDG News Service