Court Bans Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram in Germany – Malware Bytes

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The Munich district court ruled: Whatsapp, Instagram, Facebook and Facebook Messenger in their current form violate patents that Blackberry holds. It involves several individual functions that are not critical to the operation of the apps.
The verdict is not yet final, Blackberry can enforce the ban but already.
Facebook declares that it will be more likely to rebuild its apps than to switch them off in Germany.
Background is a series of international patent lawsuits filed by Blackberry that have accused the company of being a “patent troll”.