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Apple wins camera patent dispute, as Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal

Apple will no longer have to deal with a lawsuit alleging it infringed on camera-patent claims from 2011, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case.

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Apple will no longer have to deal with a patent dispute involving Gesture Technologies.

Back in February 2021, Apple was hit with a lawsuit alleging that many of its iPhone camera features infringed on a series of patents owned by an engineer — Dr. Timothy Pryor.

The lawsuit, which ultimately failed on Monday, claimed Apple had been knowingly infringing multiple patents related to mobile phone cameras.

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