Apple Infringed On Video Streaming Patents, rules German courtroom

Michael Grothaus March 17, 2016

A German courtroom has ruled that Apple has infringed on five patents owned by OpenTV, Reuters stories. OpenTV is owned through the Swiss company Kudelski group and makes set-prime packing containers and middleware for video-streaming services and products. In 2014 the company sued Apple alleging the iPhone maker infringed on its patents by the use of its video streaming applied sciences in merchandise together with the iPhone, iPad, Apple television, and Macs. In its ruling on Tuesday the German court said “[OpenTV’s] claim is predominantly legitimate and smartly-founded.”

The courtroom has now dominated that Apple should stop selling any devices in Germany that infringe on OpenTV’s five patents. given that that would imply Apple would have to cease gross sales of virtually all its merchandise in considered one of Europe’s richest international locations, it’s probably Apple will attraction the decision or reach a settlement agreement.

back in 2012, OpenTV also sued Netflix for infringing on the same patents. Netflix ended up settling with the corporate out of court docket in 2015. OpenTV can be combating the identical patenting infringement lawsuit towards Apple in U.S. court docket too, but that case has not reached its conclusion but.