“Kudelski Group has announced that its OpenTV and Nagravision subsidiaries have filed a patent infringement suit against Apple in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California,” Robert Briel reports for Broadband TV News.
“The lawsuit alleges that Apple infringes five US patents owned by OpenTV and Nagravision, and identifies Apple’s infringing products and services as including iOS mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod), Apple TV, App Store, iTunes, iADs [sic], Safari, and OS X-based personal computers,” Briel reports. “The companies are seeking a permanent injunction, attorneys fees, and unspecified financial damages that are ‘in no event less than a reasonable royalty.'”
Briel reports, “Last October, OpenTV also filed a patent suit against Netflix in the District Court of the Hague in the Netherlands.”
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