BlackBerry wins court order to ban Typo from selling iPhone case

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By Reuters | Updated: 31 March 2014 09:46 IST
BlackBerry Ltd won a preliminary injunction on Friday to ban Ryan Seacrest's Typo Products LLC from selling a $99 iPhone case after a judge agreed that television host's company had likely infringed on BlackBerry's patents.

U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco said that the Canadian mobile phone maker had established a "likelihood" of proving that Typo infringed its patents, while mentioning that Typo had not sufficiently challenged the patents in question.

(Also see: BlackBerry sues Ryan Seacrest's Typo over iPhone keyboard)

The preliminary injunction prohibits Typo from the sale of its keyboard, which is a part of the relief sought by Blackberry.

"BlackBerry is pleased that its motion for a preliminary injunction against Typo Products LLC was granted. This ruling will help prevent further injury to BlackBerry from Typo's blatant theft of our patented keyboard technology," a spokeswoman for BlackBerry said in an email.

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Typo said it was disappointed and plans to appeal the decision.

"Typo will continue to make and sell innovative products that busy people can't live without," the company said in a statement.

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In January, BlackBerry had filed a lawsuit against a company co-founded by "American Idol" host Seacrest that offers a physical keyboard that can be attached to some of Apple Inc's touch screen iPhone 5 models.

(Also see: BlackBerry's claims lack merit, says Ryan Seacrest's Typo)

Typo had later said that it believed that the lawsuit filed by Blackberry lacked merit.

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The BlackBerry complaint is case no. 14-cv-00023-WHO in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

© Thomson Reuters 2014

 

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