BlackBerry controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2022
Judge rejects BlackBerry bid to dismiss shareholder lawsuit
Ruling
A U.S. judge rejected BlackBerry Ltd's bid to dismiss a shareholder class-action lawsuit alleging that the company misrepresented the success and profitability of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The judge said factual disputes remained and the case could go to trial in the fall.
Source excerpt
A US judge on Monday rejected BlackBerry Ltd's bid to dismiss a long-running lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by inflating the success and profitability of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones, and said the class-action case could go to trial this fall.
A U.S. judge on Monday rejected BlackBerry Ltd's bid to dismiss a long-running lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders by inflating the success and profitability of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones, and said the class-action case could go to trial this fall.
U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan said "genuine issues of material fact" remained in dispute in the more than eight-year-old case, including over BlackBerry's accounting, and that "battle-of-the-experts" issues precluded her from ruling for one side or the other.
2015
BlackBerry sues Typo over keyboard design
Lawsuit filed
BlackBerry sued Typo, alleging that the Typo 2 keyboard case copied BlackBerry keyboard trade dress. The claim is reported as an allegation in BlackBerry's complaint; no court determination is stated.
Source excerpt
"The Typo2 Keyboard still blatantly copies BlackBerry's iconic keyboard trade dress designs that have been embodied in numerous BlackBerry smartphones from the 2007 BlackBerry 8800 to the current Q10 and Classic models," said BlackBerry in its complaint.
They've once again sued the startup for allegedly ripping-off the iconic BlackBerry keyboard, one of the only unique features of BlackBerry smartphones.
2013
BlackBerry 10 launch and strategic crisis
The launch of BlackBerry 10 and new devices was followed by weak market performance, a major inventory charge, and a proposed transaction with Fairfax Financial that did not proceed as initially contemplated. The episode intensified scrutiny of the company’s product strategy and governance.
2011
Global BlackBerry service outage
A multi-day service disruption affected BlackBerry messaging, email, and browsing traffic in several regions. The incident drew criticism because customers and businesses depended on BlackBerry’s centralized network infrastructure for communications.