Apple Sued for Siri Patent Infringement

July 9, 2012

By CIOinsight

A Chinese company claims Apple's Siri technology infringes on a patent for software providing a similar service.

It's been a litigious week in the technology world, with Nokia telling Google and Asus to pay up for patents, Toshiba receiving an $87 million fine for price-fixing LCD panels and Yahoo and Facebook dropping patent litigation in favor of a new alliance. Now Apple is joining the roster of companies hit with patent suits following a lawsuit from a Chinese company claiming the maker of the iPhone and iPad tablet infringes on patents connected to Apple's digital concierge, Siri.

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