Smartflash Hits Apple With Second Lawsuit After Winning $533 Million Verdict

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http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/10/itunesicon.jpgJust one day after Apple was ordered to pay a $532.9 million settlement (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/25/apple-vs-smartflash-lawsuit/) to Smartflash LLC for infringing upon its patented tech**logies, the Texas-based patent licensing firm has sued the Cuperti**-based company a second time over the same patents (via Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/26/us-ip-apple-lawsuit-idUSKBN0LU27X20150226)). The new lawsuit covers Apple products that were introduced after the original case was filed, including the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Air 2."Smartflash filed the complaint to address products that came out too far into the last proceedings to have been included," Smartflash's attorney, Brad Caldwell, told Reuters on Thursday. "Apple can**t claim they don?t k**w about these patents or understand that they are infringing. A diligent jury has already rejected those arguments."The new lawsuit was filed in the same Tyler, Texas district court on Wednesday night, only hours after a federal jury found Apple guilty in the original trial. Apple plans to appeal the decision in the original lawsuit under the belief that the patents are invalid. The patented tech**logies relate to digital rights management for downloaded songs, videos and games.?Smartflash makes ** products, has ** employees, creates ** jobs, has ** U.S. presence, and is exploiting our patent system to seek royalties for tech**logy Apple invented,? said Kristin Huguet, an Apple spokeswoman. ?We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years in**vating and unfortunately we have been left with ** choice but to take this fight up through the court system.?Smartflash LLC fits the definition of a so-called "patent troll," which is generally considered to be a company that licenses patents but does **t sell any products or services based on the inventions. The small company has also filed similar lawsuits against Samsung Electronics, Google and Amazon in recent months over the same patents. The new lawsuit against Apple was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/35070/f/648326/s/43d57db1/sc/21/mf.gif


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