IPNews® – Apple has agreed to pay $24.9 million to settle a years-long lawsuit alleging that its Siri voice assistant technology violated a patent licensed to a Dallas company by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York.
The Dallas company, Dynamic Advances, was the exclusive licensee of Rensselaer’s patent. The lawsuit dates back to October 2012, almost exactly a year after Apple introduced Siri with iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S. To continue reading, click: Siri Patent Infringement Settlement to Cost Apple $24.9M