Blackberry想要剿滅Typo的手機鍵盤殼

Blackberry與Typo的訴訟先前報導：
http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2014/04/blackberryiphone.html（Blackberry贏了iPhone附掛鍵盤的禁制令）
http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2014/01/blackberry.html（產品、行銷、專利、商標與訴訟（談Blackberry模糊的訴訟策略））

當Typo Keyboard被告侵權，而且還取得禁令且輸了訴訟（Typo因持續販售而繳交罰金約86萬美元），仍進行一些改變且持續販售：Typo2 Keyboard，不過面對Blackberry"手機鍵盤"上既深且廣的專利佈局與使用者印象，這回提出告訴除了專利侵權外，還主張Typo2侵害Blackberry的外觀商標（"Trade Dress"，Blackberry未註冊），也就是侵害大眾在Blackberry一些產品線上的經典認知。

註（http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2012/08/trade-dress.html、http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2009/04/trade-dress.html）：
Trade dress是泛指一個產品的外觀，包括產品的包裝，也可說是保護一個消費者心目中的形象，或對產品認同的信心，防止消費者因為「辨識」混淆而產生錯買的事情。Trade Dress是透過一系列專利、產品與行銷所產生的印象，明顯的如Apple的iPhone, iPad, iPod，Blackberry一系列產品也形成類似的印象。

參考：
TMEP1202.02 Registration of Trade Dress
When an applicant applies to register a product's design, product packaging, color, or other trade dress for goods or services, the examining attorney must consider two issues: (1) functionality; and (2) distinctiveness....

訴訟資訊：
法院：北卡地院
原告：BLACKBERRY LIMITED
被告：Typo Products, LLC.
被告產品：Typo2 Keyboard


訴狀內列舉2007年、2013年黑莓產品，並引用許多報章雜誌的報導，並說明Typo明知故犯，希望藉此形成一個影響陪審團"蓄意侵權"決定的氛圍。



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新聞來源：
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/blackberry-dials-up-second-lawsuit-774312

訴狀：

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Ron