NTP rejects RIM offer

Research in Motion made an "unacceptable" offer to settle a patent-infringement suit that could force the shutdown of the BlackBerry e-mail service in the U.S., according to a co-founder of the company inthe litigation. NTP co-founder Donald Stout said that Research inMotion sent the settlement offer Thursday. NTP last week offered toend the case for an amount equal to the 5.7 percent royalty rate …