Biometric security technologies allow us to unlock our mobile in the safest way possible. Apple iPhone and other of its most popular devices also have these methods, such as the famous FaceID or TouchID. Now, Apple could be in trouble as it faces a harsh charge of patent infringement on these technologies.
On our site we see very frequently how manufacturers file multiple patents . The technologies that we see finally implemented in today’s mobiles generally have their origin in an idea, and a patent registration that can take place many years before. These ideas are often presented in an intellectual property post, as is the case at hand. However, it is not the first time either that we see how some of Apple’s technologies ends up being the protagonist in a court, due to a lawsuit, precisely focused on patent infringement, as is the case at hand.
Patented technologies years ago
According to the specialized medium in the apple company, Apple Insider, it is an Australian company specialized in patents , which has filed a lawsuit against Apple , and specifically against Touch ID and Face ID. According to the details of the lawsuit, these famous Apple technologies could infringe up to three patents, which were acquired by this company (CPC Patent Technologies). The specific patents are 9,269,208, 9,665,705 and 8,620,039, all of which are credited to Australian inventor Christopher Burke.
These patents were filed long before the launch of Apple’s first iPhone, specifically in 2003 and 2005. The lawsuit claims that Touch ID and Face ID infringe these biometric patents in terms of facial recognition, fingerprint registration, and fingerprinting. iris scan. The use of Apple Wallet is also cited as another of Apple’s instruments that are part of this possible illicit use of technology.
And now that?
The lawsuit has been filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. Until now, Apple has refused to license these patents, so the case could be resolved either by reaching an economic agreement between the parties, or in court. Recall that Face ID is still the quintessential biometric unlocking method in the latest iPhone, since except for the rescued iPhone SE 2020, the company does not integrate a Touch ID in its flagship terminals from the iPhone 8 Plus.
Source> Apple Insider
