A telephonic conference held this week shed light on the status of Tech+IP Advisory’s litigation against BlackBerry, which earlier this year divested its legacy patent portfolio to Malikie Innovations Limited in a transaction for which Tech+IP claims credit—and wants payment. Meanwhile, having handed off those patents and wound down its smartphone business, BlackBerry announced earlier this month that it intends to separate—and take public—its Internet of Things (IoT) business unit.