{"id":67648,"date":"2014-02-15T10:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T15:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:33:23","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:33:23","slug":"seacrest-firm-takes-on-blackberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/seacrest-firm-takes-on-blackberry\/","title":{"rendered":"Seacrest Firm Takes on BlackBerry"},"content":{"rendered":"

– Updated 03-28-2014 –\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The Verge<\/a><\/em> reports<\/a> that Judge William Orrick granted BlackBerry a preliminary injunction halting sales of the Typo. In the ruling, Orrick said that BlackBerry had “established a likelihood of proving that Typo infringes the patents at issue and Typo has not presented a substantial question of the validity of those patents.”<\/p>\n

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\"Seacrest<\/a>Fox<\/a><\/span> reality television series\u00a0host Ryan Seacrest<\/a> has invaded the tech world. According to CiteWorld<\/a><\/em>, the pop diva has become involved in a patent trolling<\/a> spat with ailing Canadian smartphone producer Blackberry<\/a> (BBRY<\/a>). The site reports that\u00a0Typo Keyboards<\/a>, the Los Angeles<\/a>-based company, co-founded by\u00a0the\u00a0“American Idol<\/em><\/a>” host\u00a0Seacrest submitted documents\u00a0the\u00a0U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California<\/a> that claim in part that BlackBerry’s patent claims are invalid.<\/p>\n

\"Ryan<\/a><\/p>\n

The start-up alleges that BlackBerry won’t suffer serious harm because its products aren’t selling that well anyway and that it has focused on the enterprise market while Typo is targeting consumers.<\/p>\n

BlackBerry seeks a monopoly on keyboards for any device. Regretfully, however, small keyboards with nearly identical layouts as the one ‘claimed’ <\/em><\/p>\n

The author says BlackBerry could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

How that a pop star diva with the stature of Mr. Seacrest is involved in the wacky world of the mobile patent wars (Which I have covered<\/a>\u00a0many<\/a> times<\/a>), maybe we will get some new game shows like <\/em><\/p>\n

What’s My Lie, or<\/em><\/p>\n

The Patent Price is Right, or<\/em><\/p>\n

3 Billion Dollar Pyramid Scheme <\/em><\/p>\n

– I’m just saying.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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