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31/07/2012

Taiwanese university sues Apple for Siri-related patent infringement

Taiwanese university sues Apple for Siri-related patent infringement: apple lawsuit siri






Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) has filed a Texas lawsuit against Apple over two patents relating to speech recognition. The university claims that all Apple devices that have "voice activated assistant capabilities otherwise known as Siri" infringe upon its patents. Siri was first introduced with Apple's iPhone 4S, but will be added to the third-generation iPad through an iOS 6 update.
According to Computerworld, the university's actions are in response to patent cases filed against Taiwanese manufacturers like HTC. Chen Xisan, the director of NCKU's legal department, told the site that "we want to help the local industry." Apple's litigation recently caused the HTC One X and Evo 4G LTE to be held at US customs for over...
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