Research In Motion have decided to drop “BBX” as the name for their upcoming smartphone and tablet operating system, which is currently in development as the successor for both BlackBerry OS and QNX for PlayBook. The “BBX” trademark already belonged to a US software company called BASIS, who took the Canadian firm to court and filed an injunction preventing the smartphone manufacturer from using it.

However, RIM have already issued a statement announcing a change in name for the upcoming platform. “RIM doesn’t typically comment on pending litigation, however RIM has already unveiled a new brand name for its next generation mobile platform,” read the statement made shortly after the opening of its DevCon Asia event, held on December 7th and 8th in Singapore.

“As announced at DevCon Asia, RIM plans to use the ‘BlackBerry 10’ brand name for its next generation mobile platform.”