Inventor of EVS Codec for VoLTE Sues Apple for Infringement
Nearly two dozen iPhone and iPad models infringe five standard-essential patents for the enhanced voice services (EVS) codec for voice over LTE, alleged codec inventor VoiceAge in a complaint (in Pacer) in U.S. District Court in Wilmington, Delaware. Apple is…
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guilty of direct infringement because all its listed devices “include hardware and software that implements the EVS codec” without a license, said VoiceAge Wednesday. Apple also is inducing third parties to directly infringe the patents, it said. In nearly five months of phone and email “interactions,” Apple “never expressed a willingness to take a license” on EVS on fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) terms, said VoiceAge. “Instead, Apple was nonresponsive, repeatedly delayed discussions, and refused to have good faith discussions” under a nondisclosure agreement, “contrary to the letter and spirit of FRAND,” it said. VoiceAge “was left with no other choice but to initiate this lawsuit,” it said. Apple didn’t comment.