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Intertrust Sues Apple For Patent Infringement

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Intertrust Technologies has filed a broad patent infringement suit against Apple.

The lawsuit, filed in a North Carolina federal court, accuses Apple of making products and services that infringe on 15 Intertrust patents on security and distributed trusted computing. The lawsuit covers a broad range of Apple products and services, from from iOS devices to Macs to iCloud and the Apple App Store.

Founded in 1990, Intertrust  is a digital rights management platform, with a long list of clients that licenses its patents, including Microsoft, Adobe, Samsung, Nokia, Motorola, HTC, LG, Vodafone, Sony, and Philips. 

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