On Monday, BlackBerry won a patent infringement lawsuit against the
company. In federal court in Florida, the jury found that the Canadian
handset manufacturer did not infringe on three patents owned by Dutch
semiconductor company NXP BV. The suit dates backs to 2012 when
BlackBerry was known as Research In Motion. NXP accused the Canadian
based company of using its patented technology in BlackBerry handsets
and on BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. The patents involved were related to the design and data transmission on the devices.
The suit started out involving six patents, but half of those were
dropped. Had BlackBerry lost, the decision could have played havoc with
the company's financials considering that NXP would have been entitled
to
triple damages had it won. The trial began on March 24th and the jury required just one day of deliberation before reaching a decision. While BlackBerry had no comment, NXP said it was disappointed and would start "
investigating all options for appeal."
source:
Reuters
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