Not really a huge surprise here consider the striking similarities, but BlackBerry has won a court order barring sales of Typo’s iPhone case featuring a physical keyboard.

“BlackBerry has convincingly shown that BlackBerry’s keyboard designs are a key driver of demand and goodwill for BlackBerry phones,” Orrick wrote. Typo’s keyboard directly targets the segment of smartphone users that prefer a physical keyboard, the market in which BlackBerry competes, Orrick said.

Source: Bloomberg

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