BlackBerry Ltd. has
won a preliminary injunction barring sales of a Typo Products LLC iPhone
keyboard attachment the Canadian smartphone maker claims infringes two
of its patents.
U.S. District Judge
William Orrick in San Francisco said BlackBerry had a “likelihood” of
proving the $99 (U.S.) physical keyboard, which can be clipped to some
versions of Apple Inc.’s touch screen iPhone 5, violates its
intellectual property rights.
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Los Angeles-based
Typo, co-founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and American Idol host
Ryan Seacrest, said it plans to appeal the decision.
“Typo will continue to make and sell innovative products that busy people can’t live without,” Typo said in a statement.
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BlackBerry in early
January filed a lawsuit seeking a court order preventing Typo from
selling its Keyboard Case for iPhone 5/5S without a licensing agreement
after the company began taking pre-orders for the product.
BlackBerry is also
seeking unspecified damages from Typo Products over the keyboard design
that features small keys situated on an angle, similar to the format on
many BlackBerry handsets.
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