Patent troll targets Apple with lawsuit over alleged FaceTime infringements

Apple is fighting multiple court battles at any given point, but this latest lawsuit it’s facing will hardly raise the eyebrows of the compa...

Apple is fighting multiple court battles at any given point, but this latest lawsuit it’s facing will hardly raise the eyebrows of the company’s battle-hardened lawyers. Uniloc 2017 LLC is suing Apple in the district court of Ausin, Texas, for infringing upon one of its patents for “System and method for network based policy enforcement of intelligent-client features”. If you’re wondering why this lawsuit won’t make national news, it’s because Uniloc is what the industry calls a “patent troll”. If you’re not familiar with the term, the next paragraph will quickly explain it.

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