Hello, dear readers of the website uspei.com. Apple, which is the manufacturer of the most popular smartphones in the world - iPhone, on December 29, unexpectedly lost a lawsuit on violation of their copyright.
The essence of the dispute was next: Apple accused a certain Corellium company in copying its IOS operating system, which is supposedly Corellium imitated the graphical user interface and other attributes of Apple devices without receiving the company's compliant permission.
Corellium also explained what did it in order to find vulnerable points in the Apple operating system and help them eliminate them, and not at all for the sale of technical information in the black market so that the attackers could use loopholes in iOS to harm her users like this We presented in court Apple lawyers.
The judge of the District Court Florida Rodney Smith on Tuesday ruled that in the actions of Corellium there are no signs of violation of copyright law, since Corellium "created an absolutely new virtual platform for the PC and added the functions that the iOS from Apple did not possess.
In particular, the iOS from Corellium was used only on a PC and did not have phone call functions and SMS messages, could not access iTunes or other services and applications to which there is access to the iPhone.
Judge Smith recognized the actions of the Corellium deep study of IOS Apple in order to eliminate the rigors in the security system and secure this way of iPhone users. According to the judge, Corellium did not create a duplicate of the iOS Apple or other similar product that could compile unscrupulous competition of IOS Apple.
The court took note of the arguments of Corellium lawyers that Apple has a special "affiliate program", which financially stimulates third-party developers who find vulnerabilities in its programs, but Apple insisted on the fact that Corellium actions went beyond partnerships in this area .
The representative of Corellium stated that the company's customers are budget and commercial institutions, both regional and federal levels, as well as various information security experts, and Apple is unlawful trying to control studies in this area, creating a monopoly and not giving the public to understand its weaknesses.
Corellium documents submitted to court as evidence testified that during 2018, Apple and Corellium were repeatedly published on the purchase of Corellium and its developments, but could not agree on the price. Moreover, the court considered that if Apple still acquires the company, "then" will use the developments of Corellium in its own interests. "
According to the WashingtonPost edition, previously large companies, such as Apple, have always benefited similar judicial claims about copyright infringement and a new court decision very surprised by experts and forced large companies to think about additional measures to protect their interests.
But we need to pay tribute to the US justice and the Judge Smith decided that this decision was not final and did not dismiss Apple's claim completely, but instructed the bailiffs to follow the Corellium until January 11 and report him about the situation to make a final decision.