Facebook Inc. has upped the ante in its patent dispute with BlackBerry Ltd.

On Tuesday the social media giant counterclaimed for declaratory judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of nine patents BlackBerry is asserting in the Central District of California. That same day, Facebook took the more aggressive step of filing a new, separate patent infringement suit, Facebook v. BlackBerry, in the Northern District.

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