Friday, December 5, 2025

BlackBerry sells its patents on mobile phones for 600 million dollars

Date:

The Entreprise Catapult IP Innovations created the intellectual properties to monetize the event processes.

BlackBerry clôt are the first chapitre dans la téléphonie mobile. The former star of the 2,000-year-old met for sale are wallets of patents on their smartphones, they are message service and cash, for an amount of 600 million dollars.

The developer is the Catapult IP Innovations company, created specifically to acquire its intellectual properties. Out of $600 million, $450 was borrowed by Catapult from a syndicate of Canadian prêteurs, Third Eye Capital. Ces 450 million dollars will go directly to BlackBerry. Quant aux 150 million dollars remaining, ils ne seront pas versés avant trois ans à la société.

New activities for Blackberry

Concerning the intellectual properties, the history of technology briefings for BlackBerry with mechanical keys or other functions, at the request of the BlackBerry Messenger message service. L’objectif de Catapult est de monétiser ces brevets en justice lors d’éventuels procès. Ils ont déjà été utilisés dans certaines affaires, comme celle contre Facebook Messenger, dating from 2018. BlackBerry avait alors dénoncé la violation de ses ses brevets sur le encryptage de messages, sur les notifications mobiles et sur l’intégration des jeux dans sa messagerie.

Cette vente intervenent après l’arrêt de services mobiles de BlackBerry le 4 janvier dernier. Tous les modèles datant d’avant 2013 ont perdu leurs principal fonctionnalités. Aujourd’hui, BlackBerry ax ses activités sur la cybersécurité à destination des entreprises et des administrations publiques. The firm is also concentrated on the logiciels automobiles dedicated to intelligent vehicles.

Ebenezer Robbins
Ebenezer Robbins
Introvert. Beer guru. Communicator. Travel fanatic. Web advocate. Certified alcohol geek. Tv buff. Subtly charming internet aficionado.

Share post:

Popular

More like this
Related

Xbox Game Pass: September 2024 game releases included with your subscription

Note to Xbox console owners and especially those with...

SK Hynix DRAM: 1c generation DDR5 chips are fully developed

Every DRAM manufacturer wants to be the first in...

Asmongold declares the leading European gaming site dead for years in dispute over Steam failure

Twitch streamer Asmongold is on a crusade against gaming...

“Star Wars Outlaws”: Be careful in the Outer Rim!

“star wars“It has received a lot of video game...