BlackBerry has entered into a patent license agreement with budget Android maker BLU. As a result of this agreement, all existing patent litigation between the two companies and withdrawal of pending actions in the United States.
The financial structure of the agreement includes on-going payments from BLU Products to BlackBerry. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Jerald Gnuschke, senior director of Intellectual Property Licensing, BlackBerry said,
We are very pleased to have reached this patent license agreement with BLU Products. The consummation of this agreement enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.