WATERLOO, ON – BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Typo Products, a company co-founded by media personality Ryan Seacrest, alleging that Typo has “blatantly copied” BlackBerry's keyboard with its iPhone keyboard case designed to slip on to iPhone devices.
The Typo Keyboard is scheduled to make its official debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week and will be available for pre-order later this month. Typo was founded by entrepreneur Laurence Hallier and Seacrest.
"This is a blatant infringement against BlackBerry's iconic keyboard, and we will vigorously protect our intellectual property against any company that attempts to copy our unique design”, said Steve Zipperstein, BlackBerry's general counsel and chief legal officer, in the announcement. “We are flattered by the desire to graft our keyboard onto other smartphones, but we will not tolerate such activity without fair compensation for using our intellectual property and our technological innovations."
This lawsuit has been filed in the Northern District of California.
