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Patent trollin’: Uniloc sues Apple for the millionth time

Uniloc has sued Apple for the … hmmm, I can’t keep track. But patent troll files a lawsuit against the tech giant about once a week, it seems.

This time, as noted by AppleInsider, it’s over Apple’s FaceTime technology. Filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the lawsuit claims the tech violates a patent it owns for a “system and method for network based policy enforcement of intelligent-client features.”



The Australia-based company has sued Apple numerous times on dubious claims. A “patent troll” is an individual or an organization that purchases and holds patents for unscrupulous purposes such as stifling competition or launching patent infringement suits. In legal terms, a patent troll is a type of non-practicing entity: someone who holds a patent but is not involved in the design or manufacture of any product or process associated with that patent.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.