Apple sued over iPhone, iPad and Mac camera designs

Patent holdings company KT Imaging is going after Apple for allegedly infringing on intellectual property covering image sensor packages and designs.

Lodged with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on Tuesday, KTI's complaint alleges infringement of five owned patents developed by Kingpak Technology, a Taiwanese IC packaging supplier with a specialization in CMOS image sensors.At issue are U.S. Patent Nos. 7,196,322, 7,511,261, 7,598,580, 8,004,602 and 8,314,481, each filed for between 2004 and 2008, and detailing image sensor structures and methods of manufacturing said components. The 322, 261 and 602 patents were assigned to KT Imaging in 2018 and recorded in March 2019, while the 481 patent changed hands in 2019. The 580 patent was reassigned in 2021.

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