BlackBerry Files Patent Lawsuit Against Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram

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BlackBerry has filed a patent lawsuit against the largest social media app Facebook and other Facebook-owned apps like WhatsApp and Instagram. According to Reuters, BlackBerry accuses Facebook has developed completing applications that violate BlackBerry’s mobile messaging intellectual property. Even the company is said to be in dialogue with Facebook over this issue and only after several years, they have decided to take legal action.

While there is no other information mentioned, we expect the company is talking about the patents related to BlackBerry Messenger. The BlackBerry Messenger is one of the very first mobile-based instant messaging services the world has seen.Though it was initially limited only to BlackBerry devices, the company released the iOS and Android apps in 2013. However, it became too late for the company to catch up with the other popular instant messaging apps available on both these OS.

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