Seacrest's Typo ordered to pay BlackBerry $860,600 for violating a court order
If you have been following the Typo story, you might recall that a U.S. District Court had issued an injunction preventing the company from selling its cases for the iPhone that double as a physical QWERTY keyboard. The original Typo keyboard was a dead ringer for the physical QWERTY on the BlackBerry Q10. BlackBerry took Typo to court, claiming patent infringement, which resulted in the court order.
Before Typo went back to the drawing board to redesign the Typo2 so that it wouldn't resemble a BlackBerry keyboard, it allegedly violated the terms of the court order and continued selling the original model. After the injunction was issued, the original Typo was spotted on sale at a gift store inside the L.A. airport.
The district court on Wednesday sanctioned Typo and Judge William Orrick ordered the company to pay BlackBerry $860,600 in sanctions, plus attorneys' fees and costs. BlackBerry responded to the news today by saying "The court's order speaks for itself." A Typo spokesman noted that the ruling is "part of the ongoing patent litigation related to the initial Typo product."
The Typo2 is sold for the Apple iPhone 6 via the company's online website, for $99. A version for the Apple iPhone 5s and Apple iPhone 5 is priced at $79.
source: Reuters via Crackberry
The district court on Wednesday sanctioned Typo and Judge William Orrick ordered the company to pay BlackBerry $860,600 in sanctions, plus attorneys' fees and costs. BlackBerry responded to the news today by saying "The court's order speaks for itself." A Typo spokesman noted that the ruling is "part of the ongoing patent litigation related to the initial Typo product."
source: Reuters via Crackberry
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