Apple’s iBeacon targeted in patent infringement lawsuit

By news@appleinsider.com (Mikey Campbell) In what appears to be yet another lawsuit lodged by a non-practicing entity, Apple on Tuesday was hit with a complaint claiming its iBeacon technology infringes on multiple patents owned by a Texas company.Lodged with the patent holder-friendly U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, the suit from BillJCo claims Apple infringed on a total of six instrumentalities with the release of iBeacon in 2013.Introduced with iOS 7, iBeacon is a …

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