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Facebook continues patent war with BlackBerry

2018/09/07

Social media platform Facebook continued a patent war with BlackBerry on September 5th, after it accused the Canadian company of infringing several inventions, including voice-messaging technology.

The complaint was filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Facebook alleged that BlackBerry has infringed six patents: US numbers 8,429,231; 7,567,575; 6,356,841; 7,228,432; 6,744,759; and 7,302,698.

The patents protect different technology developed by Facebook including instant voice messaging, telephone service configuration, computer security, personalised multimedia services, and a GPS management system.

Facebook’s technology investments included research and development expenses of $7.75 billion in 2017, according to the claim.

Facebook alleged that BlackBerry’s technology, such as its instant messaging service BBM Enterprise, and device management service BlackBerry UEM, incorporate the patents.

According to the claim, BlackBerry’s allegedly infringing activity has caused and will continue to cause damage to Facebook.  

Facebook has requested damages and costs for expenses incurred when filing the action.

Source: WIPR




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