Apple FaceTime Eye Contact feature hit by patent troll in EU court

Apple has been accused of infringing on a European patent covering gaze correction, the feature used to correct a user's eye line in FaceTime calls.


Apple is frequently the subject of patent infringement lawsuits, often over major technology features such as its continued battle with Masimo over the Apple Watch. However, sometimes it is caught out by attempts to sue over its smallest features.

In a lawsuit that started via a complaint with the Unified Patent Court on December 5, EyesMatch accuses Apple of infringing patent EP2,936,439, reports IP Fray. At the same time, EyesMatch is also taking on Nvidia over the same patent.


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