Apple has been sued by a Singapore company claiming that the iPhone and Apple Watch Infringe on 6 of their Geolocation Service Patents - Patently Apple

Apple has been sued by Geoscope Technologies Pte. Ltd, a institution organized nether the laws of Singapore and registered to bash concern successful the Commonwealth of Virginia. The institution owns six patents relating to the tract of geolocation services for mobile devices. The institution claims that Apple's mobile devices, particularly the iPhone and Apple Watch infringe connected their acquired intelligence property. The suit mentions that the archetypal inventors of the six patents volition attest astatine trial.

Location-based services are bundle services that utilize geographic information to supply accusation to a user, oregon execute different relation for a user, based connected the user’s location. Location-based services include, inter alia, maps, navigation services (e.g., driving directions), section hunt (e.g., looking for adjacent restaurants), societal networking, targeted advertising, and more.

The ailment reads that "Apple has recognized and touted the value and benefits of location-based services. For example, an Apple website describing Apple’s location-based services states: “Location Services allows Apple and third-party apps and websites to stitchery and usage accusation based connected the existent determination of your iPhone oregon Apple Watch to supply a assortment of location-based services. For example, an app mightiness usage your determination information and determination hunt query to assistance you find adjacent java shops oregon theaters, oregon your instrumentality whitethorn acceptable its clip portion automatically based connected your existent location."

The institution specifically points to Apple's iPhone and Apple Watch arsenic 2 of the devices that are utilizing location-based services that infringe connected Geoscope Technologies patents.

Below are patents listed successful the Six-Count Lawsuit:

7,561,104: Method To Modify Calibration Data Used To Locate A Mobile Unit

8,400,358: Method To Modify Calibration Data Used To Locate A Mobile Unit

8,786,494: Method To Modify Calibration Data Used To Locate A Mobile Unit

8,406,753: System And Method For Generating A Location Estimate Using Uniform And Non-uniform Grid Points

9,097,784: System And Method To Collect And Modify Calibration Data

8,320,264: Method And Apparatus For Determining Path Loss By Active Signal Detection

For details astir this highly method lawsuit, work the Plaintiff's afloat ailment filed with the tribunal successful the SCRIBD papers below, courtesy of Patently Apple.

Geoscope Technologies PTE. Ltd v. Apple Inc Patent Infringement by Jack Purcher connected Scribd