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.