You might recall that when Typo rose from the dead back in June, I said this:
It’s been redesigned with a look that makes sure that they cannot be sued out of existence by BlackBerry. We’ll see how well that works out for them. In the meantime, if you want one you should place your order now.
Guess what? GigaOm is reporting that Typo may be in trouble. Again:
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick agreed to let BlackBerry proceed with contempt of court proceedings after the Canadian phone maker showed that Typo has been selling keyboards in violation of the earlier order.
“I am very concerned with what appears to be deliberate contempt of the preliminary injunction by Typo,” wrote Orrick, pointing out that the company shipped around 15,000 keyboards despite the ban. The judge imposed the ban in April after finding that the Typo design likely violated three of BlackBerry’s patents.
Well, that isn’t good for Typo. What’s even worse is the fact that Typo’s redesign of their keyboard doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect:
According to Orrick, the existence of a “supposedly non-infringing design” was not relevant to the existing injunction. The judge added that Typo would have to bring a separate court proceeding to get an order related to the new designs.
Thus, if you want a Typo keyboard for your iPhone, I suspect that you should get it while you can.
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Typo In Defiance Of Court Order And Is Looking At A Contempt Charge
You might recall that when Typo rose from the dead back in June, I said this:
It’s been redesigned with a look that makes sure that they cannot be sued out of existence by BlackBerry. We’ll see how well that works out for them. In the meantime, if you want one you should place your order now.
Guess what? GigaOm is reporting that Typo may be in trouble. Again:
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge William Orrick agreed to let BlackBerry proceed with contempt of court proceedings after the Canadian phone maker showed that Typo has been selling keyboards in violation of the earlier order.
“I am very concerned with what appears to be deliberate contempt of the preliminary injunction by Typo,” wrote Orrick, pointing out that the company shipped around 15,000 keyboards despite the ban. The judge imposed the ban in April after finding that the Typo design likely violated three of BlackBerry’s patents.
Well, that isn’t good for Typo. What’s even worse is the fact that Typo’s redesign of their keyboard doesn’t seem to be having the desired effect:
According to Orrick, the existence of a “supposedly non-infringing design” was not relevant to the existing injunction. The judge added that Typo would have to bring a separate court proceeding to get an order related to the new designs.
Thus, if you want a Typo keyboard for your iPhone, I suspect that you should get it while you can.
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