元器件交易网讯  3月24日消息，据外媒报道，3月21日黑莓把Typo Products这家公司告上了法庭，原因是Typo在外观上侵犯了该公司全键盘的设计专利。黑莓律师称，如果Typo继续出售，黑莓将会遭受无法弥补的损失。

　　Typos键盘是是由《美国偶像》主持人瑞安·西克雷斯特（Ryan Seacrest）发起设计一款iPhone手机壳，装到手机上可以瞬间把iPhone变成一款全键盘手机。可让iPhone拥有黑莓手机的输入快感，可将输入速度提升50%。

　　问题是Typo键盘设计与BlackBerry Q10 QWERTY键盘如出一辙，这导致黑莓起诉Typo。

　　黑莓律师凯文·约翰逊（Kevin Johnson）在法庭上称，Typo是蓄意复制的黑莓手机的设计。另一个黑莓的律师詹姆斯·阿斯伯格（James Asperger）说，如果Typo继续出售，他的当事人将会遭受无法弥补的损失。阿斯伯格表示，黑莓已经投资了数十亿美元开发其键盘，遭受了巨大的销售损失，因为消费者购买99美元Typo而不是黑莓Q10。到目前为止，Typo的出货量已经达到4000件。

　　Typo律师Olivier Taillieu称，“黑莓Q10总的来说是失败的，几乎没有售出。(黑莓)目前还没有提供任何证据证明这个键盘和商业成功的关联。”

　　Typo律师Olivier Taillieu回应称，黑莓想垄断QWERTY键盘市场，他补充说，黑莓称这项设计是它独有的，但是许多其他手机也有相同的设计。Taillieu也称，“黑莓的问题与Typo无关，我们不相信Typo造成黑莓销量损失。”律师对法官表示，黑莓并没有证据表明，其手机的销量是由QWERTY键盘拉动的。

　　据悉，Typo Products表示其产品设计在1988年就得到广泛应用，早于黑莓专利申请得到审批的时间。另外，黑莓目前在智能手机市场占有率几乎为零，小编认为，黑莓说Typo键盘造成QWERTY键盘销量损失实属牵强。

　　（元器件交易网董蕾 编译）

　　外媒原文如下：

　　On Friday, BlackBerry and Typo met in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California. As you probably recall, Typo is the brainchild of broadcaster Ryan Seacrest. After lugging around two phones all the time, a BlackBerry for typing and messaging and an Apple iPhone for everything else, Seacrest had a brainstorm. He founded Typo, which sells a physical QWERTY keyboard that snaps together to fit over an Apple iPhone. Typo claims that its product helps iPhone users type as much as 50% faster.

　　The problem is that the keys on Typo strongly resemble the QWERTY keyboard on the BlackBerry Q10. This led to BlackBerry's suit against Typo. And with U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick validating two of the three patents that BlackBerry is asserting in the suit, it seems that the Waterloo based handset manufacturer might be off to a good start. After all, Typo is claiming that BlackBerry's patents are invalid.

　　BlackBerry attorney Kevin Johnson told the court that Typo's copying of BlackBerry's design was "intentional and deliberate." Another BlackBerry attorney, James Asperger, said that his client will suffer irreparable harm if Typo is allowed to continue selling its keyboard. Asperger said that BlackBerry has invested billions to develop its keyboard and has lost sales as consumers buy the $99 Typo instead of a BlackBerry Q10. So far, Typo has been a hit with sales of 4000 units.

　　"The Q10 by and large was a failure and has literally not sold. (BlackBerry) hasn’t provided any evidence of nexus between the keyboard and the commercial success of this device."-Olivier Taillieu, attorney, Typo

　　Typo attorney Olivier Taillieu responded by saying that BlackBerry wants to monopolize the QWERTY keyboard market and added that many other phones have the same design that BlackBerry says that it owns. Taillieu also said that "BlackBerry’s problems are not related to Typo. We don’t believe Typo is the reason for any loss of sales to BlackBerry." The attorney told the judge that BlackBerry has not shown evidence that sales of its phones are driven by the QWERTY keyboard.

　　BlackBerry is seeking an injunction to block Typo from selling its keyboard and Judge Orrick said that he will rule on the request "promptly".