iMessage patent row between Apple and MPH revived with new subpoena

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) Apple is fighting to make litigation funding firm Omni Bridgeway comply with a subpoena, demanding details about its relationship with MPH, a company Apple is in a patent lawsuit with over iMessage and FaceTime.Messages on an iPhoneBack in 2018, Finnish holdings firm MPH Technologies sued Apple over allegations the iPhone maker infringed its patents. In the latest event of the long-running lawsuit, Apple is trying to get information about MPH from a company allegedly funding the lawsuit.The patent lawsuit itself claimed that Apple infringed on IP for sending and forwarding messages over a secure connection. Apple’s software affected by the suit includes iMessage, FaceTime, and an always-on VPN feature that’s part of a mobile device management (MDM) solution. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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