BlackBerry and radio personality and TV host Ryan Seacrest have been engaged in a legal battle for quite some time now. Fueled by his love for the BlackBerry keyboard, Seacrest created a startup called Typo which made cases for iPhones with BlackBerry-like keyboards built in.

The idea soon took off and became quite popular among iOS phone users, but BlackBerry wasn’t too happy about it and sued Typo for ripping off the design of its iconic keyboard. This week, however, we get word that the dispute between the two has finally been settled.

The full extent of the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but according to a press release posted by BlackBerry, Typo and its affiliates have agreed to “permanently discontinue selling anywhere in the world keyboards for smartphones and mobile devices with a screen size of less than 7.9-inches.”
Say goodbye to Typo, iPhone users

The wording of the press release still leaves some hope for Typo to continue selling its keyboard accessories to owners of the iPad mini and other iPad models. But iPhone users won’t be able to take advantage of the embedded keyboard anymore.

At first, BlackBerry only filed an injunction against Typo for ripping off their iconic design, but the case maker didn’t seem to be bothered by the situation, so it continued selling its cases even after the incident.

So BlackBerry was forced to go after Typo at full force, asking for a massive $2.6 / €2.29 million in penalties and attorney’s fees. However, the judge presiding over the case didn’t see fit to award such a huge amount of money.

For its part, the startup argued that BlackBerry failed to show that it lost sales as a result of Typo ignoring the injunction and continuing to sell its products. However, it appears that in the end the startup just couldn’t make a case for itself anymore, so it had to give in and agree to a settlement.

BlackBerry sued Typo back in January 2014, not long after the company made its debut into the wild. The startup also rolled out the Typo 2 case for the iPhone 6, which saw the light of day in December 2014. An iPhone 5/5s version was also offered.