lawsuit faces Apple in China over FaceTime

BEIJING: A few weeks after settling a dispute in his trademark high-profile iPhone, Apple is now facing a lawsuit filed by a man in Taiwan during application FaceTime which he claims is a violation of his patent. The plaintiff, identified as Lee, said the technology used in video-calling application violates its patent.

A spokesman for the Zhenjiang Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu Province of China, said he has taken the case on the record. The case calls for Apple to stop rape, but does not specify the compensation, Shen, a publicity official at court, was quoted by China Daily. She said the applicant found violation after buying an iPhone in Zhenjiang, and decided to submit the case to a local court.

Apple has been notified of the case, said Shen. According to the indictment, Lee said the mainland authorities granted its patent for utility model "the voice network personal digital assistant" technology April 28, 2004, for a period of 10 years, Yangtze Evening News reported.

The indictment said that its patent includes a wireless communication module, flash memory that stores service codes voice network and a personal digital assistant that connects the communication module and memory technologies similar to those used by FaceTime. FaceTime, which was released by Apple in 2010, is available on the company's iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, iMac and MacBook. The case against Apple comes on the heels of the same solution to a dispute over the iPhone by $ 60 million to a Taiwanese company Proview Shenzhen.