On March 15, 2024, Malikie Innovations Limited and co-plaintiff Key Patent Innovations Limited filed a patent infringement action against Asustek Computer, Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:24-cv-00178). The complaint asserted four US patents — US9179147B2, US8334847B2, US9292066B2, and US7956581B2 — specifically targeting the Asus Chromebook Flip CX5. Malikie Innovations, a successor entity holding intellectual property derived from BlackBerry’s patent portfolio, and Key Patent Innovations pursued the action through E.D. Texas counsel alongside a team from Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP.

On April 23, 2025, the court accepted a Joint Stipulation of Dismissal filed by all parties pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii). The case was dismissed with prejudice, meaning the plaintiffs are permanently barred from re-asserting the same claims against Asustek on the same patents. Each party was ordered to bear its own costs, attorneys’ fees, and expenses. The absence of any fee-shifting to either side is consistent with a negotiated resolution rather than a contested judicial determination.

The 404-day duration — from filing through dismissal — suggests the parties engaged in meaningful discovery or licensing discussions before reaching resolution. Joint stipulations with prejudice under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) typically signal a confidential settlement, though the public record contains no disclosure of financial terms. What remains unknown is whether Asustek secured a licence to the asserted patents or whether any cross-licensing arrangement was reached. The breadth of the four-patent assertion against a single flagship Chromebook product suggests Malikie’s litigation strategy was oriented toward extracting a commercial licence rather than a permanent injunction.