BlackBerry Sues Startup Co-Founded by Ryan Seacrest

The patent-infringement complaint claims that the company's iPhone keyboard copies the smartphone maker's technology and designs. SAN FRANCISCO -- Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. is accusing a company backed by American Idol host Ryan Seacrest of being a rip-off artist. The allegations emerged in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed Friday in a San Francisco federal court by BlackBerry. The suit targets an iPhone keyboard made by Typo Products LLC, a Los Angeles startup co-founded by Se...