BlackBerry sued company planning to sell iPhone case with BlackBerry-like physical keyboard

In the past 50% market share was only 4 yearsFall to 3% or lessBlackBerry in the third quarter of 2013(PDF file) Record approximately $ 4.4 billion loss, From poor performanceStop developing 2 new smartphonesWe are falling into a serious business slump, including doing. However, there are many persistent fans on the physical keyboard of the BlackBerry terminal, which is a pioneer of smartphones, and from the ease of use there are people with two iPhones. IPhone 5 / 5s exclusive case like the physical keyboard which can be said as a symbol of such BlackBerry "Typo Keyboard Case"BlackBerry filed suit against the company planning to sell it as a patent infringement.

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"Typo Keyboard Case" was developed in the United States famous television hostRyan SeacrestHe is a co-founderTypo ProductsCompany called. Typo Products is an official site and has already begun accepting reservations for Typo Keyboard Case, which BlackBerry claims to be a patent infringement.


Interview with CNNBlackBerry pointed out that Mr. Seacrest asked, "That is the reason why the Typo Keyboard Case was realized" asked, "Is the feature of BlackBerry on the iPhone?" Steve Zipperstein, adviser, says that "Typo Products has outright infringed patent rights of keyboards that symbolize our company."

BlackBerry is "Mobile device equipped with a keyboard optimized for thumb use","An inclined keyboard mounted on a portable communication device"and"Design of portable electronic equipment"We sued Typo Products for patent infringement.


According to BlackBerry's lawsuit, Typo Products has respected BlackBerry's intellectual property and said, "We spent several years on research and development of Typo Products.BackBerry's claim is unfounded and energetically I am going to file a dispute, "I clearly clarify the attitude of fighting BlackBerry from the top.

The selling price of the Typo Keyboard Case is $ 99, which can be booked from the official website of Typo Products.