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Typo Gets Sued…. Again

Posted in Commentary with tags , , on February 17, 2015 by itnerd

Fresh off getting slapped to the tune of almost a million dollars, Typo is getting sued again by BlackBerry. The Ryan Seacrest backed company is getting sued over their new keyboard the Typo2 this time. Here’s what BlackBerry had to say:

Just as they did with the Typo Keyboard, Defendants have again copied numerous proprietary BlackBerry designs and patents in the Typo2 Keyboard. The Typo2 Keyboard still blatantly copies BlackBerry’s iconic keyboard trade dress designs that have been embodied in numerous BlackBerry smartphones from the 2007 BlackBerry 8800 to the current Q10 and Classic models. The Typo2 Keyboard also infringes numerous BlackBerry utility patents related to BlackBerry’s proprietary keyboard design, backlighting and typing automation technologies.

Sucks to be them. I really don’t like their chances seeing as they just lost. But I’m a computer nerd, not a lawyer. Having said that, two lawsuits are going be huge drain on the company. Thus, the reason why I don’t like their chances.

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Typo Ordered By Court To Pay BlackBerry $860,000

Posted in Commentary with tags , , on February 4, 2015 by itnerd

I’ve been covering the Typo v. BlackBerry story for a while and today the news came that Typo has to pay up:

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Typo Products owes BlackBerry more than $860,000 for violating an injunction barring sales of its original iPhone keyboard case.

The contempt finding has to do with BlackBerry’s allegations that Typo continued to sell and market the original Typo case despite a court injunction issued in March of last year. Typo has since released a second product, Typo 2, that it says is designed to avoid intellectual property conflicts with BlackBerry.

Typo which is backed by Ryan Seacrest kind of blew this off as being no big deal:

In a statement, a Typo representative said that the ruling is “part of the ongoing patent litigation related to the initial Typo product”

“It has no impact on the Typo 2 product currently in the marketplace or our other planned product releases for the tablet,” the representative said, declining further comment.

We’ll have to see. It now seems that this lawsuit is in the endgame.

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Typo Comes Out With iPhone 6 Keyboard… Hopes It Won’t Sued Again

Posted in Commentary with tags , on December 8, 2014 by itnerd

Hoping to avoid a lawsuit, Typo, which is backed by celeb Ryan Seacrest, have a new keyboard case for the iPhone 6 that the company likely hopes will avoid the lawsuits from BlackBerry that have plagued the company. That’s what comes across from this article in Re/Code that really didn’t give a lot away on that front. Another thing to note is that the company is working on “a completely different take on a keyboard for the iPad” which is due to ship next year. That might be interesting to see when it ships. It will also be interesting to see if BlackBerry does anything about Typo’s latest product.

 

 

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Typo Keyboard Rises From The Dead

Posted in Commentary with tags on July 31, 2014 by itnerd

Frequent readers will recall that Ryan Seacrest of American Idol fame was involved with a startup called Typo which came out with the Typo Keyboard for the iPhone. They were promptly sued by BlackBerry and sales were stopped shortly thereafter.

Well, they’re back. The Typo 2 is now available from their website for $99, with the first orders shipping in mid-September. 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.

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