2023年6月25日

2015年經典黑莓智能手機。照片:加索爾Barrena /彭博社今天喬納森·基恩於愛爾蘭專利持有公司受到競爭對手對其收購知識產權從黑莓。關鍵專利創新有限公司,一個位於都柏林的公司及其子公司Malikie創新有限公司與加拿大黑莓手機公司達成協議獲得約32000項專利和專利申請3月以170美元(€154.4)。愛爾蘭公司獲得技術專利和對知識產權許可給其他公司。另一個專利持有公司彈射器IP從美國創新挑戰處理黑莓的有效性,聲稱它已經與加拿大公司達成協議,獲得專利。彈弓在維吉尼亞州對Malikie提起法律訴訟,以迫使愛爾蘭公司加入仲裁與黑莓。它聲稱支持黑莓的原始協議支持Malikie和愛爾蘭公司意識到現有的協議。彈射器正尋求解除協議的“送還專利黑莓換取黑莓返回Malikie支付的購買價格”。這些說法沒有依據,我們為自己的黑莓發言人說Malikie母公司的關鍵專利創新和黑莓否認所有的索賠由彈射器。關鍵專利創新的一位發言人說,該公司並不是一個參與者之間的仲裁彈射器和黑莓。 “KPI questions Catapult’s and its counsel’s decision to embark on such a frivolous course and attempt to pull Malikie into its dispute with BlackBerry. KPI emphasised that there is no legal or factual basis to do so. “These claims are without merit and we intend to defend ourselves vigorously,” a BlackBerry spokesman said. BlackBerry sold thousands of its “non-core patents and patent applications” for an upfront payment of $170m with a further $30m to be paid within three years In the weeks following the announcement of the deal, Key Patent Innovations managing director Angela Quinlan said in a statement that “significant efforts are underway to demonstrate the value of these patented inventions to potential licensees”. “KPI and its affiliates have already made numerous hires with specific expertise in monetising patents of this pedigree, including licensing executives and patent lawyers,” she said. Ms Quinlan said that talks with companies interested in using the patents are under way.