Looks like BlackBerry is on a roll when it comes to matters of the courts lately. BlackBerry has just sent out a press release announcing that a federal jury ruled in favor of them in a patent infringement case brought by NXP BV in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division. With this win and the court order barring Typo Case sales hopefully all these other companies will back off BlackBerry some.
WATERLOO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 7, 2014) – BlackBerry(R) Limited (NASDAQ:BBRY)(TSX:BB), a world leader in mobile communications, today announced that a federal jury ruled in favor of BlackBerry in a patent infringement case brought by NXP BV in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division. The verdict was a sweeping victory for BlackBerry, as the jury found both that BlackBerry did not infringe NXP’s patents, and that the patents NXP asserted against BlackBerry are invalid.
“We are pleased with the jury’s verdict,” said Steve Zipperstein, Chief Legal Officer at BlackBerry. “While this is a victory for BlackBerry, we look forward to a time when technology companies will no longer be forced to spend huge amounts of time and money defending frivolous patent cases such as these, and instead invest their resources to drive innovation. Until then, we will vigorously defend our intellectual property rights and contest all meritless claims.”
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