BlackBerry put Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter : A new Rival added to the List ….!!!

Once upon a time Canadian tech company BlackBerry was considered this major player in the smartphone industry. After after Apple launched the iPhone and changed the dynamics of how people use their smartphones. Yet a combination of factors led to its decline and BlackBerry couldn't manage to handle the demands of the industry and quickly went into a free fall.

In the last few years BlackBerry downhilled into the role of a has-been who is trying desperately to stay relevant and involved in the number of patent infringement lawsuits its files against rival companies. Some of these patent cases were settled, some BlackBerry won while some are still ongoing.

Recently BlackBerry has accused another social network of infringing on its intellectual properties almost a year suing Facebook over its messaging patents. The company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Twitter over six IPs, including push notifications, mobile advertising techniques and the capability to silence notifications for a message thread. In its complaint, BlackBerry accused Twitter of using some of the "functionality enhancing features" that made "BlackBerry's products such a critical and commercial success." By doing so, BlackBerry said Twitter "succeeded in diverting consumers away from [its] products and services."

That language echoes BlackBerry's complaint against Facebook filed over a number of messaging features, including unread message notifications, messaging in games, timestamps and the act of tagging family and friends in photographs. A month after filing a lawsuit against Facebook, BlackBerry also sued Snap over six patents. The once-formidable mobilemaker, which now focuses on software after leaving the hardware game, said Snap infringed on some of its IPs for its ephemeral messages and the Snap Map.

Some in the tech industry have even accused BlackBerry of being a “patent troll”. Interestingly when BlackBerry had sued Facebook, the Mark Zuckerberg led had filed a countersuit as well. The point of contention for BlackBerry was its messaging platform which it had with its Messenger and it had alleged that Facebook had copied it blatantly on Instagram and WhatsApp as well. With Twitter, it's not about messages but mostly related to notifications. What happens with Twitter and BlackBerry now remains to be seen. 

It's not entirely clear what BlackBerry's demands are for this particular case, but it asked for monetary damages in its Facebook lawsuit. According to a report, though, a single judge in California might be put in charge of all three complaints, since the courts will consider them as related cases.