Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), is again being investigated by the American authorities for copying some technologies protected by patents, the complaint against the Americans being recently filed. The American authorities did not provide many details regarding this new investigation, but it seems that it would be about multiple Apple products that would infringe some patents.
The complaint against Apple was filed by the company Aqua Connect Inc and Strategic Technology Partners of Orange, which may be a partner of Orange, which collaborates with Apple in many countries. Apple was sued by her this year for copying some technologies used in the macOS operating system, but the complaint made to the authorities is based on something else.
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV and Mac are the products that would have violated the patents owned by that company, and since we are talking about a complaint of this kind, there are probably many patents involved. Regardless of the situation, we will definitely find out in the coming weeks what the problems are with Apple products and we will find out if they are required to be removed from sale in the US.
Apple is already being investigated by the American authorities because of Qualcomm, which also accused it of infringing some of its own patents, so we are not talking about something new. Having said that, the Apple company does not escape lawsuits and complaints to the authorities no matter what it does, so it remains to be seen how it will defend itself and what will happen to its products.
"The US International Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into allegations of patent infringement by Apple Inc on various devices. The commission said in a statement the probe was based on a complaint by Aqua Connect Inc and Strategic Technology Partners of Orange, California."
