BlackBerry settlement agreements concerning Certicom patents
Company: Marathon Digital
The claim, verbatim
Between 2018 and 2021, BlackBerry entered into at least three settlement agreements to resolve patent actions involving the Certicom Patent Portfolio, including the '961 Patent asserted in this action
Source (primary)
Malikie Innovations Ltd. v. MARA Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.) — Entry #92 (RECAP, court_filing)
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Quote: “Between 2018 and 2021, BlackBerry, while still holding the Certicom Patent Portfolio, entered into at least three settlement agreements to resolve actions involving the Certicom Patent Portfolio, including the '961 Patent asserted in this action.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 29, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
MARA's motion states that BlackBerry settled at least three actions involving the Certicom portfolio, including the '961 Patent, between 2018 and 2021. The claim's wording closely paraphrases that sentence.
Confirmed in the source:
- Between 2018 and 2021, while it still held the Certicom Patent Portfolio, BlackBerry entered into at least three settlement agreements.
- Those settlements resolved legal actions involving the Certicom Patent Portfolio, including the '961 Patent asserted against MARA.
- The motion cites MobileIron v. BlackBerry, BlackBerry v. Facebook, and BlackBerry v. Avaya as the settled actions.
What we did: Read our cached copy of RECAP (https://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172841950/gov.uscourts.txwd.1172841950.92.0.pdf) in full (19,223 characters, retrieved September 27, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Malikie Innovations Ltd. v. MARA Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc.) — Entry #92
Quote: “Between 2018 and 2021, BlackBerry, while still holding the Certicom Patent Portfolio, entered into at least three settlement agreements to resolve actions involving the Certicom Patent Portfolio, including the '961 Patent asserted in this action.”