Apple is sued for allegedly infringing on a patent with its Shortcuts application

Published by Scribd (via AppleInsider), a company called Aftechmobile filed a lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern Dis...

Published by Scribd (via AppleInsider), a company called Aftechmobile filed a lawsuit on Friday in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. In the filing, the company accuses Apple of infringing on at least one of 28 claims related to a patent it owns (US Patent No 10,133,558, dated November 2018). The suit states that Apple has infringed on claim 5 of the patent by "making and selling the Shortcuts application." This app allows users to create "custom shortcuts" that allow them to combine a number of steps across multiple apps. An example that Apple uses on its support ...

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