Mike Lazaridis, President and co-CEO of Research in Motion, one of the key architects of the BlackBerry's success, speaks at the Empire Club on Thursday, March. 2, 2006 in Toronto, Ont. Lazaridis said Thursday that he believes the company has "prepared for any contingency" to keep the wireless e-mail service going to its customers despite the NTP patent dispute.(CP PHOTO/Nathan Denette)