A Chinese AI firm called Shanghai Zhizhen, also known as Xiao, is suing Apple for $1.43 billion in damages over an alleged patent infringement related to Siri. Shanghai Zhizhen claims that Siri uses technology from its own patented chatbot system from 2009. If successful, the lawsuit could result in Apple stopping sales of most iPhones, iPads, and Macs in China. However, Apple maintains that Siri does not contain any features from the Chinese company's patent. The lawsuit is part of an ongoing legal battle between the two companies dating back to shortly after Siri was introduced in 2011.

1. Apple hit with $1.43B Siri
patent lawsuit from
Chinese AI firm
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2. • Shanghai Zhizhen — also known as Xiao — is seeking $1.43 billion (10
billion yuan) in damages from Apple.
• It also wants the firm to stop selling products in China that breach the
patent, which would mean most iPhones, iPads, and Macs would no
longer be available in Apple‘s second-largest market.
• The suit is part of a near-decade-long legal battle between the two
companies, which began shortly after Siri was first added to iPhones in
2011.
• Shanghai Zhizhen claims the voice assistant uses tech from its own
chatbot system, which it patented in 2009.
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A Chinese AI firm is suing Apple for alleged patent
infringement involving the voice assistant Siri.
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• Apple has dismissed the claims. The firm says Siri doesn’t contain any features from
the Chinese company’s patent, which relates to games and instant messaging.
• Whatever its outcome, the lawsuit will escalate the intellectual property (IP) dispute
between China and the US.
• siri was introduced on 2011, and xiao-i has filed lawsuit in the following year.
• If xiao-I applies for priliminary injunction, then product of apple loaded with siri
cannot be sold in China for the trial Period.( Rarely happens in China)
• However the current court says the case is in favour of Apple.
While The supreme court said the patent of chinese
company is valid, the current court could still find that
underlying technology of siri and xiao-i are different.

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Apple has already faced 3 lawsuits
over IPR in China since 2012
It paid 60 million dollars on a
settlement with mainland chinese
company, who claimed ownership
of the name “iPad”
Apple has lost another trademark
battle 4 years later when a Beijing
court ruled in favour of a chinese
company that made handbags ,
smartphone cases under the name
“IPHONE”
Apple sales and manufacturing
depends a lot on China. These
kind of incidents affect on the
company though having a $2
trillion Market capital

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