BlackBerry sued the Ryan Seacrest backed company Typo for selling a BlackBerry rip off keyboard. BlackBerry was awarded a temporary injunction against Typo, which was a big win for BlackBerry. The company is apparently not satisfied with the injunction because they want Typo to stop selling keyboards now. The company has asked a California court to stop the sale of Typo keyboards.
Can Typo win a future court case that will allow them to keep selling keyboards? It's doubtful. Their keyboard looks like a complete rip-off of BB's keyboard. Maybe they should change it up a bit and make the keys different so they can hang around.
BlackBerry said in a filing last Friday that the injunction is needed now. “Typo has contradicted its prior sworn statements and has significantly changed the way it does business in an attempt to flood the market with infringing keyboards before entry of the injunction,” BlackBerry said in a filing with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Can Typo win a future court case that will allow them to keep selling keyboards? It's doubtful. Their keyboard looks like a complete rip-off of BB's keyboard. Maybe they should change it up a bit and make the keys different so they can hang around.