Hopes for a quick settlement between Research In Motion and NTP appeared slim on Monday as the two sparred publicly, despite pressure from a court last week to end the standoff that has threatened to shut down RIM’s U.S. BlackBerry service. Last Friday, U.S. District Judge James Spencer stopped short of ordering the shutdown of millions of RIM’s BlackBerry email devices, but also said there was no escaping that RIM had been found to be infringing on NTP’s patents. Spencer said he would issue a decision on an injunction “as soon as reasonably possible” but didn’t say when. Analysts said on Monday they believed Spencer had made it clear that he would rather see the case settled than be forced to issue a decision.