TORONTO
BlackBerry Ltd and television host Ryan
Seacrest's keyboard company Typo Products have agreed to settle a
patent dispute over the sale of smartphone keyboards of a certain size,
the Canadian smartphone maker said on Monday.Under
the terms of the settlement, Typo will stop selling keyboards for
smartphones and other devices with screens smaller than 7.9 inches,
BlackBerry said. It can continue selling keyboards for larger devices.In February, a U.S. district court sanctioned Typo, co-founded by "American Idol" host Seacrest, for violating an injunction that barred it from selling a $99 iPhone keyboard case that BlackBerry said infringed its patents.
Physical keyboards have remained a key selling point for BlackBerry, loved by many of the company's most loyal fans, as it loses market share to
Apple's iPhone and phones that run on Google's Android operating system, which typically have touchscreen keyboards.
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