July 23, 2012- NTP [NPE], a patent-enforcement entity that received a $612.5 million settlement from RIM in 2006 after a  five year legal battle, announced a settlement to resolve pending suits filed between 2006 and 2010 against a number of wireless carriers, handset makers, and e-mail providers.  NTP agreed to license its portfolio of eight US patents related to wireless e-mail delivery and dismiss suits against defendants Apple, AT&T, Google, HTC, LG, Microsoft, Motorola Mobility, Palm, Samsung, Sprint Nextel, Verizon Wireless, and Yahoo.  The terms of the settlement agreement were not disclosed.  3:2010-cv-00746; 3:2010-cv-00472; 3:2010-cv-00467; 3:2010-cv-00470; 3:2010-cv-00471; 3:2010-cv-00468; 3:2007-cv-00550; 3:2007-cv-00551; 3:2007-cv-00549; 3:2007-cv-00548; 2:2006-cv-00627; 3:2006-cv-00628