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BlackBerry sued Facebook, alleging that WhatsApp and Instagram have infringed upon its intellectual property by copying features from its patent-protected BBM service. It accused Facebook of stealing functionalities such as innovative security and user interface were stolen from its Messenger service. BlackBerry had sold its rights over the brand phones to a Chinese firm in 2016. It alleges that Facebook, created mobile messaging applications that co-opt BlackBerry's innovations, using a number of the innovative security, user interface, and functionality enhancing features that made BlackBerry's products such a critical and commercial success in the first place. "BlackBerry's suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business. Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, BlackBerry is now looking to tax the innovation of others.