CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patriot Scientific (OTCBB:PTSC - News) today announced that Research in Motion Limited (RIM) and The TPL Group, the company’s partner who manages the marketing, licensing and defense of patents in the Moore Microprocessor Patent™ (MMP) Portfolio, have agreed to the terms of a patent license. Terms of the deal are not publicly available.

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