It’s been a while due to the fact Nokia and BlackBerry were bitter smartphone competitors, however there’s loads of bad blood left between both organizations. This morning, BlackBerry threw within the towel on the fight, agreeing to pay $ 137 million to the Finnish company.
The award stems from a 2016 dispute over patent licensing contract. The particulars of the contract aren’t clear, however the one-time smartphone maker agreed to pay the amount certain by way of the international courtroom of Arbitration — with one most important caveat. That entire highbrow property lawsuit is far from carried out.
“BlackBerry is disenchanted that the court docket of Arbitration didn’t consider our arguments in the case however we accept their resolution,” the enterprise referred to in a organized remark issued this morning. “This ruling does not change BlackBerry’s fact that Nokia is infringing on our intellectual property and we’re continuing to vigorously pursue prison remedies in both the U.S. and Germany.”
both matches are in fact unrelated, and BlackBerry’s nevertheless dedicated to the costs it filed again in February, accusing Nokia of infringing on 11 patents that run the gamut in cell networking items. IP has always been a cornerstone of BlackBerry’s company model, and has become increasingly extra critical as the business has shifted away from making its personal hardware.
CEO John Chen has pointed to the cell enterprise’s patent portfolio as a key to its method, as BlackBerry has pivoted its plans to software, security and licensing to corporations like TCL, which has begun to release items beneath its identify.
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