Apple hit with dumbest patent troll claims yet: ‘iPhone makes phone calls & sends emails’
Making a phone call: one of several claimed patent infringements …
Patent trolls – companies that buy old patents purely to sue companies for claimed infringements – love to get their hands on very generic patents, as those give them the maximum number of possible targets. But Texas-based Corydoras Technologies LLC wins the prize for the dumbest claims yet against Apple. It is alleging, among other things, that the iPhone infringes its patents by making phone calls and sending emails …