MobileIron Accuses BlackBerry Of 'Extortion' Over Patents ...

Law360 (April 28, 2020, 7:53 PM EDT) -- application business MobileIron alleged in a suit filed Monday in California that BlackBerry has committed attempted extortion by way of making "spurious and baseless" allegations of patent infringement towards it that "would now not pass muster in any court of legislations."

MobileIron, which makes security programs for smartphones and pills, claims in the go well with that BlackBerry infringes 4 of its personal patents. MobileIron also seeks a ruling that it does not infringe a lot of BlackBerry patents, and that BlackBerry's letters worrying that MobileIron license those patents quantity to patent misuse and attempted civil extortion under California state law.

"as a result of Blackberry's shrinking presence in the market,...