Florida-based virtualization company Corellium claims that the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Apple comes in response to a failed acquisition attempt.
Corellium provides a virtual iPhone that can be used to find vulnerabilities and other types of bugs, and to test the functionality of mobile applications on different versions of the iPhone and the iOS operating system.
In a complaint filed in mid-August, Apple claimed Corellium was not authorized to copy its products.
Corellium submitted a response to the lawsuit in late October, but the version of the document that was made public at the time was heavily redacted.
Corellium on Thursday informed SecurityWeek that it has also filed an unredacted version of the document, along with a statement in response to Apple’s lawsuit.
“Apple has been aware of our ground-breaking technology since the company was founded, and at any point in the past two years, Apple could have notified us of their concerns. We think Apple’s lawsuit is driven by its own business interests rather than a genuine belief that we violated any of its rights,” Corellium stated.
The redacted version of the document showed that Apple had attempted to acquire Corellium’s predecessor, a company named Virtual, which provided similar technology and was eventually sold to Citrix. However, the unredacted version of the lawsuit response reveals that Apple made subsequent attempts to acquire Corellium.
Negotiations started in January 2018 and in the following months Apple was provided access to Corellium solutions, the virtualization firm claims.
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