MobileIron Accuses BlackBerry Of 'Extortion' Over Patents

Law360 (April 28, 2020, 7:53 PM EDT) -- application enterprise MobileIron alleged in a swimsuit filed Monday in California that BlackBerry has dedicated tried extortion by using making "spurious and baseless" allegations of patent infringement in opposition t it that "would not circulate muster in any court docket of law."

MobileIron, which makes security courses for smartphones and capsules, claims within the go well with that BlackBerry infringes four of its own patents. MobileIron additionally seeks a ruling that it doesn't infringe a large number of BlackBerry patents, and that BlackBerry's letters traumatic that MobileIron license these patents volume to patent misuse and tried civil extortion below California state legislations.

"as a result of Blackberry's shrinking presence within the industry,...