Apple Slapped With OS X Permission Lawsuit
Apple was named along with 12 other PC makers in a patent-infringement lawsuit two companies filed last week, according to a report Monday.
The lawsuit claims Apple and others infringed on two patents covering a so-called “safety box” limiting an application’s access to computer resources.
The lawsuit is asking for a court injunction plus unspecified damages.
Global Innovation Technology Holdings (GITH), the Florida-based exclusive patents licensee and patent owner Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) filed the 12-page lawsuit last week in a south Florida federal court, according to Apple Insider.
The lawsuit claims Apple “has infringed or continues to infringe on one or more of the claims.” U.S. patent No. 5,311,591 covers a “Computer system security method and apparatus for creating and using program authorization information data structures” was filed in 1992, granted in 1994 and continued a year later.
Program Authorization Information controls what computer resources are available to applications. The lawsuit alleges Apple sells hardware and software “for protecting and/or authenticating information.
Along with Apple, HP, Dell, Acer, Gateway, Lenovo, Alienware, American Future Technology, Panasonic, Motion Computing and Asus.
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