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Music industry sues yet another US internet service provider for copyright infringement
Apple Accuses AliveCor of ‘Brazen’ Patent Infringement in New Countersuit
According to Apple, AliveCor’s product line has not been successful with customers, and the company’s “failures in the market” have led it to “opportunistic assertions of its patents against Apple.” Earlier this year, AliveCor submitted an International Trade Commission complaint against Apple in an attempt to get an import ban on the Apple Watch, and the judge ruled in AliveCor’s favor.
Apple says that while it is appealing the ruling, it is using this new patent infringement filing to “set the record straight as to who is the real pioneer,” putting a stop to AliveCor’s “rampant infringement than unlawfully appropriates Apple’s intellectual property.” From the filing:
Apple is the pioneering innovator, having researched, developed, and patented core, foundational technologies before AliveCor came into existence. AliveCor’s litigation campaign is nothing more than an attempt to siphon from the success of Apple technologies it did not invent, all the while selling products that rely on foundational ECG innovations that Apple patented years before AliveCor came to be.
The complaint cites several Apple patents related to the heart rate and ECG functionality in the Apple Watch, which Apple says AliveCor’s KardiaMobile, KardiaMobile Card, and Kardia app infringe on.
Apple claims that AliveCor’s patent infringements are causing Apple irreparable harm, with Apple aiming for a permanent injunction to stop further infringement, as well as damages and legal fees.
AliveCor first filed an antitrust suit against Apple back in May 2021, accusing Apple of “monopolistic conduct” for the launch of the ECG functionality in the Apple Watch. AliveCor claims that Apple saw the success of its KardiaBand and decided to “corner the market for heart rate analysis on Apple Watch.”
The company has also filed patent infringement lawsuits accusing Apple of coping AliveCor’s cardiological detection and analysis technology.
Apple’s full complaint against AliveCor can be read on Scribd.
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Atlus sues Shin Megami Tensei MMO fan group for copyright infringement
Shin Megami Tensei Imagine, the Shin Megami Tensei MMO game, continued living long after Atlus shut the servers down thanks to two fan groups called Rekuiemu and COMP_Hack, and now, it turns out Atlus wasn’t very pleased with these efforts. The Persona maker is suing the fan group for multiple instances of copyright infringement, including the website and launcher Rekuiemu created for players to access SMT Imagine, and using Atlus’ game without permission or any alteration.
Meta ordered to pay $175 million in patent infringement case
Meta is facing a hefty bill after losing a patent infringement lawsuit. A federal judge in Texas has ordered the company to pay Voxer, the developer of app called Walkie Talkie, nearly $175 million as an ongoing royalty. Voxer accused Meta of infringing its patents and incorporating that tech in Instagram Live and Facebook Live.
In 2006, Tom Katis, the founder of Voxer, started working on a way to resolve communications problems he faced while serving in the US Army in Afghanistan, as TechCrunch notes. Katis and his team developed tech that allows for live voice and video transmissions, which led to Voxer debuting the Walkie Talkie app in 2011.
According to the lawsuit, soon after Voxer released the app, Meta (then known as Facebook) approached the company about a collaboration. Voxer is said to have revealed its proprietary technology as well as its patent portfolio to Meta, but the two sides didn’t reach an agreement. Voxer claims that even though Meta didn’t have live video or voice services back then, it identified the Walkie Talkie developer as a competitor and shut down access to Facebook features such as the “Find Friends” tool.
Meta debuted Facebook Live in 2015. Katis claims to have had a chance meeting with a Facebook Live product manager in early 2016 to discuss the alleged infringements of Voxer’s patents in that product, but Meta declined to reach a deal with the company. The latter released Instagram Live later that year. “Both products incorporate Voxer’s technologies and infringe its patents,” Voxer claimed in the lawsuit.
Meta denied Voxer’s claims in a statement to TechCrunch. It plans to fight the ruling. “We believe the evidence at trial demonstrated that Meta did not infringe Voxer’s patents,” a spokesperson said. “We intend to seek further relief, including filing an appeal.”
The Pokémon Company sues Chinese mobile game company over intellectual property infringement
The Pokémon Company is suing multiple Chinese mobile game operators over a game that allegedly looks a bit too much like Pokémon, Pocket Monster Reissue.
As reported by South China Morning Post (thanks, GamesIndustry.biz), The Pokémon Company is taking legal action against six Chinese companies over copyright infringement and unfair competition behaviour, due to some striking similarities between Pokémon and Pocket Monster Reissue, also known as Koudaiyaoguai Fuke.
Apparently the six companies in question have been running the game since 2015, based on a stock exchange filing from Jiangyin Zhongnan Heavy Industries Co, one of the defendants. In turn, The Pokémon Company has put in a request at the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court looking to have an order placed against the six companies to prevent them from working on Pocket Monster Reissue.
George Lopez is the latest comedian to sue Pandora for copyright infringement
The lawsuits are piling up for Pandora, which has been accused by comedians, including Lewis Black and Andrew Dice Clay, of streaming their works without the proper license. Now, George Lopez is joining the fray, seeking $5.5 million from the streamer.
Lopez filed suit on Tuesday, claiming that Pandora streamed two of his comedy albums, Right Now Right Now and Team Leader, without paying him royalties or obtaining the proper licenses from him. “[Pandora] decided it would infringe now to ensure it had this very valuable intellectual property on its platform to remain competitive, and deal with the consequences later,” the filing said. “Later is now.” A representative for Pandora’s parent company, SiriusXM, did not immediately respond to…
Normani, Sam Smith Lawyers Slam ‘Dancing with a Stranger’ Copyright Infringement Suit
In March, Sam Smith and Normani made headlines for reports their 2019 megahit ‘Dancing with a Stranger’ sounded real familiar to a group of songwriters – so much so the penmen took legal action against the hitmaking duo for copyright infringement.
Alleging the song was a ripoff of a 2015 tune of the same name, the writers –
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