On our website, we inform you fairly regularly about the various court battles in which the apple company figures. Apple it is really often in court, and most of the court arguments are quite interesting. The past months and weeks, however, were more like a hunt Apple due to his deliberate slowing down of older iPhones and did not bring much interesting controversy. However, they make up for it in recent days.
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It wasn't that long ago that you could read about a patent troll lawsuit over heart rate measurement on Apple Watch. Now to Apple He's taken another patent troll to court over his next technology – Touch ID. The South Korean company Firstface, or rather its CEO Jung Jae-Iark, is said to have registered several patents in 2011, including one that would unlock the home screen of a phone or tablet immediately after its owners authenticated themselves with their fingerprint on the home button, which houses the sensor. Does this description seem tailor-made to you? Touch ID? That's exactly what the company itself thinks. According to their representatives, it is irrefutable that Touch ID He did not invent it in the form we know it. Apple, but just her. In the past according to the portal Korea Herald company Firstface s Applem regarding this topic brought together a Apple drew attention to this problem and proposed a remedy, Apple however, he reportedly refused.
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According to available information, Firstface is going to apply for Apple lawsuit and try to get some money out of it. However, as I wrote above, this company is most likely “just” a patent troll who is Applu and other companies are trying to make a living. However, it is not just Apple, who is headed to court for Firstface. The lawsuit also goes to competitor Samsung, which was guilty in a similar way.
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Touch ID However, that's not the only thing Firstface will be about. Apple The company reportedly owns several patents for facial recognition and related authentication, so we could expect a lawsuit in this direction. However, it is difficult to say whether Firstface will file it at the same time as Touch ID or will he save it for a “more suitable” opportunity? Either way, it is quite likely that the court will quickly dismiss the entire case and Apple no compensation will be paid. However, the past has already shown us several times that from time to time such trolls will succeed.
