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Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property,
Corporate

Aug. 3, 2018

Blackberry says Facebook, Snap infringe its messaging application patents

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu entertained a combined hearing for the two suits and said he would rule by Aug. 20.

LOS ANGELES -- Facebook Inc. and Snap Inc. fought in federal court Thursday against allegations that their messaging applications infringe on patents owned by personal digital assistant manufacturer BlackBerry Ltd.

U.S. District Judge George H. Wu, who let attorneys know up front that he uses a landline, entertained a combined hearing for the two suits BlackBerry filed earlier this year against the social media giants. Wu provided ...

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