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BlackBerry moves to block sales of Typo keyboard

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BlackBerry has asked a California court to block U.S. sales of the Typo keyboard, an add-on keyboard for the iPhone that BlackBerry says is an “obvious knock-off” of the keyboards on its phones.</p><p>
The move, which came late Wednesday, intensifies a battle between the two companies that began in January this year (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2084020/blackberry-sues-ryan-seacrests-typo-over-iconic-keyboard-design.html) when BlackBerry accused Typo of patent infringement. The lawsuit garnered considerable attention, in part because Typo was co-founded by popular U.S. radio and television personality Ryan Seacrest.</p><p>
The keyboard is designed to slip onto an iPhone 5 or 5S to provide a physical keyboard. The $99 device is currently available for pre-order through the company’s website, which advertises it has already sold out of an unspecified number of keyboards for January and February delivery.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2090880/blackberry-moves-to-block-sales-of-typo-keyboard.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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