A federal jury ruled in favor of BlackBerry in a patent infringement case brought by NXP BV in the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Orlando Division. The verdict was a victory for BlackBerry, as the jury found both that BlackBerry did not infringe NXP's patents, and that the patents NXP asserted against BlackBerry are invalid.

"The verdict was a sweeping victory for BlackBerry, as the jury found both that BlackBerry did not infringe NXP's patents, and that the patents NXP asserted against BlackBerry are invalid," the smartphone maker said in a statement late Monday.

NXP, a subsidiary of Philips' spinoff NXP Semiconductors, filed suit in April 2012 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Orlando division alleging that BlackBerry products such as the BlackBerry Torch and Curve had infringed on six of its patents.