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Title: Apple sued by patent-licensing company over Facetime and iMessage Post by: HCK on April 08, 2020, 04:05:23 pm Apple sued by patent-licensing company over Facetime and iMessage
VoIP-Pal says Apple's iMessage and FaceTime infringe a call routing and handling patent... What you need to know Apple is being sued over FaceTime and iMessage. VoIP-Pal says that Apple's technology infringes on a patent it holds. The patent relates to call routing and handling. Apple is being sued by a company called VoIP-Pal, over claims that iMessage and FaceTime infringe on one of its patents. As reported by AppleInsider: VoIP-Pal, which brandishes a portfolio of voice-over IP-related patents, on Tuesday filed a new lawsuit against Apple, claiming the company's FaceTime and iMessage infringe on a single patent covering call routing and handling. Lodged with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, VoIP-Pal's suit hinges on a patent detailing methods of seamlessly integrating IP-based calls with external networks like a public switched telephone network (PTSN). Developed by Digifonica and protected in 2019 as U.S. Patent No. 10,218,606 for "P... Source: Apple sued by patent-licensing company over Facetime and iMessage (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/SXpqnVD0bgE/apple-sued-patent-licensing-company-over-facetime-and-imessage) |