BlackBerry Wins Early Legal Battle Round Against Typo Products

There were hard times for BlackBerry in the last years and this showed tremendously in their constant market share loses and the diminishing of their loyal customers’ legions. It is true that BlackBerry’s market value took a shattering fall from more than $80 billion in 2008 to less than $5 billion this year, but this doesn’t mean the Canadian company, which once shaped the world’s view and take on mobile phones, doesn’t have some plans for the future or the ability to fiercely fight in the court of law to protect its patents. The story between BlackBerry and start – up company Typo Products began with the start – up manufacturing iPhone keyboards for the U.S. market and BlackBerry dragging them to court for ripping off the BlackBerry’ physical keyboard design.

According to the news,

U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco ruled that BlackBerry is likely to prove its infringement claims against Typo Products and would be damaged if the sales of the $99 iPhone keyboard were allowed to continue.

In other words, the court aims to ban Typo Products to further manufacturing and selling physical iPhone keyboards for the U.S. market, as they seem to have stolen BlackBerry conceptual design and technology, but former American Idol host and company co – founder Ryan Seacrest wants to appeal the early ruling soon enough, claiming that Typo Products deliver legit products that aim to improve everybody’s lives. However, according to the sources, court papers show that Typo Products stated that they will go out of business if the ban on their iPhone keyboard selling isn’t lifted.

BlackBerry wins early legal battle round against Typo Products and admits it is pleased with the ruling, as the company is going through enough rough times as it is, while Typo Products released a statement expressing the company’s disappointment regarding the decision. However, BlackBerry’s dark ages may come to an end, as recently fresh CEO John Chen announced a lot of new surprises coming from their part and the biggest of them all, the return of the command keys on high – end BlackBerry smartphones, is the most appreciated one.