Apple hit with patent infringement lawsuit

Luxury and gadget phone makers Apple have been hit with a patent infringement lawsuit for Apple Pay.

According to the report from Patently Apple, the lawsuit says, “[The Patent] relates to management of virtual cards stored on mobile devices and discloses provisioning a contactless card in a mobile device with a mobile wallet application.”

The company, Fintiv, claims that Apple has been infringing upon their patent and it is applicable across pretty much all iOS devices that support Apple Pay.

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This won’t be the first time that a vague patent has been used against such high-profile companies.

For those unfamiliar, patent trolls are usually companies that buy up or file for a variety of vague and general patents. They then use these patents against other companies, claiming infringement.

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