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As we’re sure many of you guys have heard by now, BlackBerry has filed a lawsuit against Ryan Seacrest’s company, Typo Products, whom they claim infringed upon the design of their trademark BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard. As you can see in the image above, we’re sure many will find it hard to deny that the keyboard’s design is reminiscent of the BlackBerry keyboard which has become something of a signature look for the Canadian company. However as we have heard in the past, just because it looks similar it does not mean that it is a slam dunk case as there are a lot of other factors to take into consideration.

However in the meantime, Typo Products has since asked the federal court judge presiding over the case to dismiss all the claims in BlackBerry’s complaint with prejudice, which essentially means that BlackBerry will not be able to claim copyright infringement again in the future over the same matter. One of the reasons that Typo claims is cause for dismissal is because one of the patents in BlackBerry’s claims isn’t valid, due to the design being available for sale since 1988 which was before BlackBerry’s own patent was approved. We’re not sure if the courts will be so ready to dismiss the case, but we’ll definitely be keeping our eyes and ears peeled for more information.

Typo Asks Judge To Dismiss BlackBerry Lawsuit original content from Ubergizmo.

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When Siri was first introduced, Apple presented it in such a way that made the feature seem flawless and extremely responsive. In reality? Well back when Siri was first released with the iPhone 4S, it definitely did not perform as advertised. Many complaints found that Siri was slow, unresponsive, and failed to understand them as there were some accents that Siri found hard to listen to. Apple was hit with a lawsuit over false advertising which the company later claimed that Siri was still considered to be in beta, and now fast forward two years, a federal judge has decided to throw out the lawsuit against Apple, claiming that he did not find that Apple committed fraud.

According to US District Judge, Claudia Wilken, she found that Apple’s marketing descriptions of Siri were not considered to be fraud, and that Apple’s claims of Siri being “the coolest feature”, a “breakthrough”, and “an intelligent personal assistant” were just “puffery” and were not grounds for a lawsuit. Based on this ruling, it would seem that future lawsuits against Apple over Siri will most likely face the same outcome as well, thanks to the ruling which has set a precedent for future cases. Customers who filed the lawsuit were not allowed to amend their complaint and their next course of action will be to appeal to a higher court.

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Apple Over Siri original content from Ubergizmo.