Organisation: BlackBerry Limited

From inking a deal within six months to eyeing the UPC – IP Head and IAM Market Maker Angela Quinlan reflects on the past 12 months in an exclusive interview

09 May 2024

The Canadian company alleges its agreement with the financial advisory firm could not be extended orally during a New York hearing over the sale of 32,000 patents

11 October 2023

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The surge is due to 9,702 US patent assets involved in the BlackBerry sale to Key Patent Innovations, which runs Malikie Innovations, according to the AST Patent Deals Report for Q2 2023

15 September 2023

Tech+IP Advisory alleges it spent ‘thousands of hours’ from May 2020 to March 2023 on selling the huge portfolio yet $1.3 million invoice unpaid

29 August 2023

The dispute between failed purchaser Slingshot Technologies, new buyer Acacia Research Group, and patent seller Transpacific IP Group involves allegations of trade secret misappropriation

09 August 2023

“We will fight vigorously, and I do not think you need to worry about it,” CEO John Chen said about Catapult IP Innovation’s arbitration

29 June 2023

Failed purchaser alleges it was ready to close and BlackBerry breached the patent sale agreement by opting for a new buyer. Now it’s trying to unwind that deal

06 June 2023

The Canadian licensing company’s stark Q1 revenue decline to C$5.7 million stems from its enormous success in closing Apple and Kyocera patent licences last year

10 May 2023

CEO John Chen says company will use a third party to extract value from 2,000 patents it is keeping

31 March 2023

Key Patent Innovations has a scant history of suing in the States, indicating its licensing approach may centre on private negotiations in contrast to the failed purchaser

27 March 2023