Accustomed to sue the other for breach of patents, Apple had a taste of own medicine last Friday, when a university in Taiwan announced that it would bring a lawsuit against the U.S. company for an alleged illegal use of patents in personal assistant Siri.
The system Siri allows iPhone users to perform various tasks using just your voice. However, Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, claims that the voice recognition tool infringes two of its patents, registered in the U.S. in 2007 and 2010. The study center charge compensation - the value has not yet revealed - from Apple.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. federal court in the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division, on Friday. "The lawsuit was filed in a Texas court because the cases are processed faster and in general there favor patent holders, with higher compensation," Chen said Yama, legal director of the university, told Reuters.
The Apple has not yet ruled on the case.
