“Patent holding company TriDim Innovations this week filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, accusing the companying of violating two 3D workspace patents the company owns,” Kelly Hodgkins reports for MacRumors. “The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California with a judge assignment still pending. ”
“TriDim asserts in the suit that Apple is infringing on U.S. patents 5,838,326 and 5,847,709, both of which address document management in 3D workspaces,” Hodgkins reports. “Specifically, Apple Time Machine, Cover Flow, and Safari for iOS 7 and 8 are claimed to be infringing on the patents.”
“TriDim’s lawsuit is not the first time Apple has been accused of patent infringement for its Time Machine and Cover Flow interfaces. In 2010, Apple was initially hit with a $625 million judgment in a case centered on a different set of patents owned by Mirror Worlds LLC,” Hodgkins reports. “That verdict was ultimately overturned, however, and became final when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.”
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