Once part of Nuance Communications (which powered Siri‘s speech recognition in its early years), Cerence is now a subsidiary that, according to its website, works with bringing “conversational AI to the automotive world and beyond.”
Today, Cerence filed a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of infringing multiple patents. Here are the details.
In its complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Cerence says that it contacted Apple in 2021 regarding “the potential acquisition of or license to” multiple patents, including for mobile text entry and wake word technology.
Clarence says it offered Apple multiple documents, including:
An overview of its patent portfolio;
Spreadsheets showing that Apple had cited Cerence in some of its own patent applications, some of which were denied due to Cerence already holding related patents;
Charts mapping Cerence’s patents to Apple’s products and features that allegedly infringed its patents.
Cerence says that it held limited discussions with Apple that year, “but no resolution was reached concerning the mobile text entry patent portfolio.”
But which patents are at issue?
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