Apple slapped with patent lawsuit over iPhone keyboard

It seems like lawsuits are flying everywhere nowadays. Apple has once again received a lawsuit over one of iPhone’s basic utilities, the virtual keyboard. Apple reportedly infringed on a patent that was issued to SP Technologies LLC.

Part of the patent awarded to SP Technologies in 2004 goes is as follows: “…method and medium for computer readable keyboard display incapable of user termination.” If we are not mistaken, this translates to any virtual keyboard that cannot be turned off by the user.

The lawsuit was filed on August 2 in a federal court in Tyler, Texas. SP Technologies LLC wants Apple to pay reasonable royalties for the use of the patent for each iPhone sold, aside from seeking permanent injunction preventing Apple from further use of the reported patent. If found guilty, Apple will be forced to pay damages equal to three times the economic loss SP Technologies have allegedly suffered.

We have to consider though, that virtual keyboards are already being used in other devices for sometime now. We do hope, however, that this lawsuit can be put to an end in a peaceful manner.

It seems like lawsuits are flying everywhere nowadays. Apple has once again received a lawsuit over one of iPhone’s basic utilities, the virtual keyboard. Apple reportedly infringed on a patent that was issued to SP Technologies LLC.

Part of the patent awarded to SP Technologies in 2004 goes is as follows: “…method and medium for computer readable keyboard display incapable of user termination.” If we are not mistaken, this translates to any virtual keyboard that cannot be turned off by the user.

The lawsuit was filed on August 2 in a federal court in Tyler, Texas. SP Technologies LLC wants Apple to pay reasonable royalties for the use of the patent for each iPhone sold, aside from seeking permanent injunction preventing Apple from further use of the reported patent. If found guilty, Apple will be forced to pay damages equal to three times the economic loss SP Technologies have allegedly suffered.

We have to consider though, that virtual keyboards are already being used in other devices for sometime now. We do hope, however, that this lawsuit can be put to an end in a peaceful manner.