BlackBerry and Typo Agree to Settlement

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BlackBerry and Typo have settled their court dispute over the sales of the Typo Keyboard. Typo Products LLC has agreed to discontinue the sales of the Typo Keyboard for smartphones and tablets with screen sizes of 7.9 inches and smaller. 

Other information of the settlement are confidential. However, the settlement between the companies means Typo can sell keyboards for devices with a screen size of 7.9 inches or larger.

Read the press release below:

Waterloo, ON – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB), a global leader in mobile communications, announced today that BlackBerry and Typo Products LLC, Typo Innovations LLC, Show Media LLC, Hallier Investments LLC, and Laurence Hallier have settled their outstanding legal disputes, including BlackBerry Limited v. Typo Products LLC et al. (Case No. 3:14-cv-00023-WHO) and BlackBerry Limited v. Typo Products LLC et al. (Case No. 3:15-cv-00715-WHO), both pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

As part of the settlement, Typo Products LLC, Typo Innovations LLC, Show Media LLC, Hallier Investments LLC, and Laurence Hallier have agreed to permanently discontinue selling anywhere in the world keyboards for smartphones and mobile devices with a screen size of less than 7.9 inches. Typo Products LLC, Typo Innovations LLC, Show Media LLC, Hallier Investments LLC, and Laurence Hallier may continue to sell keyboards for devices with a screen size of 7.9 inches or larger. Other terms of the settlement are confidential.

Source: BlackBerry