Thursday 28 March 2013

Apple In Court Over Siri Claim

Apple appeared in court over Siri claims. 

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Apple appeared in Shanghai Court yesterday, accused by a Chinese company of copying software used for "Siri" personal assistant on its largely popular iPhones.

The Californian company's products are sold in large quantity in China, and chief executive Tim Cook said in January that he expects it to surpass the US as the company's largest market, but the relationship is sometimes troubled.

Shanghai's Zhizhen Network Technology Co.claimed that Apple infringed its patent for voice recognition software, and the two companies were summoned to present evidence at pre-trial hearing, representatives of the Chinese company said.

The legal challenge comes after Apple , last year, paid $60 million to Chinese computer maker Shenzhen Proview Technology to settle a long dispute over the "iPad" trademark, whose ownership was claimed by both companies.

Read more on NDTV.

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