BlackBerry Ltd on March 6 filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook Inc and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps, arguing that they copied technology and features from BlackBerry Messenger. Litigation over patent infringement is part of BlackBerry chief executive John Chen's strategy for making money for the company, which has lost market share in the smartphone market it once dominated. BlackBerry sued Nokia Corp in February 2017, alleging infringement of patents relating to 3G and 4G wireless communications technology. Last year Qualcomm Inc agreed to pay BlackBerry US$940mil (RM3.66bil) to resolve arbitration over royalty payments. In October 2017 BlackBerry announced a confidential settlement with Blu Products Inc, a Florida-based maker of low-cost mobile devices it had also sued for patent infringement.

Source: The Star March 07, 2018 04:18 UTC