Showing posts with label Blackberry Loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackberry Loss. Show all posts

Sunday, 5 January 2014

Blackberry Filed Lawsuit against Typo Product

Smartphone Company Blackberry has filed a document in California court stating that Typo’s new iPhone case rips off the famous keypad of Blackberry phone. Blackberry accused Typo Products of copying the design of its keypad in an effort to capitalize on the Smartphone makers’ goodwill and commercial recognition.
Famous television personality Ryan Seacrest is the co founder of the company Typo Products which is accused in the copy keyboard design matter. According to the report in The StarPhoenix, in the filing document Blackberry said, ” The keyboard product from Typo has caused and is likely to continue the confusion, deception and mistake as to the source of the origin of its products”. Also added, “it is likely to falsely suggest a connection, sponsorship or association between Typo products and its commercial activities with Blackberry”.


Mr. Steve Zipperstein, Chief Legal Officer of Blackberry said that they are flattered by the desire to see our designed keyboard on to other Smartphones but will not tolerate such activity without fair compensation for using their technological innovations and intellectual property.
Ryan Seacrest is the current host of American Idol and also producer to several TV shows. He is the co founder of Typo Products along with entrepreneur Laurence Hallier, CEO of Show Media. The Lawsuit from Blackberry came as the company looking to secure its keyboard design. The keyboard layout and its design specifications detailed in the lawsuit.
Blackberry Company asking for numerous rulings which includes Typo’s profits out of the product sales, damages from Typo and a full stop to further sale of keyboard.

Friday, 20 December 2013

Good Days Ahead for Blackberry


BlackberryOnce the Dominant in the smartphone market, Blackberry has agreed a five year deal with Foxconn Technology Group. The Foxconn Group is a Taiwanese multinational contract manufacturing company also called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd. This manufacturing company is the largest electronics contract manufacturer in the world.
According to the news published in the BBC, these two companies will initially work on the development of a new product of smartphone.

Blackberry Z10
Blackberry Z10
Massive $4.4 billion Loss Reported by Blackberry
On Friday, Blackberry reported a massive loss of £2.7bn ($4.4 bn) for the third quarter. This Smartphone company has been hit by other success and popular Smartphone launched by other companies such as Apple, Samsung and others. Desired results were not achieved for its attempts to boost its market share.
Blackberry reported 56 percent drop in the revenue in its first quarterly report under the newly appointed chairman and chief executive John Chen. Despite the negative results, Mr. Chen said that this Blackberry has a really good shot of turning a profit in the year 2016. Chen added, "I'm hoping we never have to have a conversation going forward about inventory write downs,”.
The new product, the Foxconn’s Blackberry phones are expected to be released in the month of March or April and will be manufactured in Indonesia and Mexico. Hoping this may workout for Blackberry.