Apple's authentication and screen activation technology called as Touch ID is now under dispute as the South Korean mobile technology solutions firm Firstface is filing a lawsuit against Apple for allegedly copying its patented technology. Apple introduced the Touch ID feature in its iPhone 5S way back in 2013 and is inheriting this feature in its succeeding phones.
The Touch ID feature is a 1-step unlocking of the phone via the biometric sensor-based user authentication. Prior to this, Apple used 2-way authentication where the user needs to press a button to unlock the phone and then place his finger on the home button to authenticate and unlock.
Firstface company had filed patents for this technology in 2011 in multiple nations that include Korea, Japan and the US. The patent filed in the US with the number bearing US20130102273A1 depicts how the screen can be unlocked in a single step with a press of the home button and that too without the need to first unlock the phone.
Regarding this patent misuse, Firstface is working with US attorney and patent lawyer Lee Jae-gyu after approaching Apple to ink a licencing agreement between the two companies, for which Apple denied.
The reasons why Firstface did not bring out the issue since 2013 when Apple first used the Touch ID technology in iPhone 5s are not yet known at this point in time.
The Touch ID feature is a 1-step unlocking of the phone via the biometric sensor-based user authentication. Prior to this, Apple used 2-way authentication where the user needs to press a button to unlock the phone and then place his finger on the home button to authenticate and unlock.
Firstface company had filed patents for this technology in 2011 in multiple nations that include Korea, Japan and the US. The patent filed in the US with the number bearing US20130102273A1 depicts how the screen can be unlocked in a single step with a press of the home button and that too without the need to first unlock the phone.
Regarding this patent misuse, Firstface is working with US attorney and patent lawyer Lee Jae-gyu after approaching Apple to ink a licencing agreement between the two companies, for which Apple denied.
The reasons why Firstface did not bring out the issue since 2013 when Apple first used the Touch ID technology in iPhone 5s are not yet known at this point in time.
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