Optiemus Infracom Limited (Appellant/Defendant) v BlackBerry Limited (Respondents/Claimants)
Tuesday 21 July 2026
By Appellant’s Notice filed on 12 February 2026 the Appellant, Optiemus Infracom Ltd, appeals a decision of the High Court delivered on 19 December 2025.
BlackBerry brought a claim in 2019 for approximately USD 6.5 million under a handset-licensing agreement but then failed to take meaningful steps to progress the litigation for almost four years after July 2020. The High Court found that this prolonged inactivity was a deliberate decision by BlackBerry.
Despite that finding, the Judge refused Optiemus’s application to strike out the claim. Optiemus now appeals the decision.
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