IT Home reported on December 15 that Apple's Corelleum's legal dispute has been repeated after years of repeated see-sawingRecently, it finally came to an end.
The dispute between the two parties dates back to 2019, when Apple sued Corellium, alleging that the latter sold virtual iOS devices without authorization.
According to the previously disclosed 507 pages of litigation documents, Apple believes that the original intention of the company to create the virtual iOS tool was malicious. The company gave the software to spyware and malware distributors, including NSO Group, the maker of the well-known cracking software Pegasus.
In the lawsuit, Apple argues that the virtual iOS tool created by Corellium has a malicious purpose and gives it to the NSO Group, whose Pegasus tool can be used to spy on activists, journalists, and other people involved, among other things. As mentioned in the document, NSO Group piloted the tool early in 2019.
IT House reported in May this year that after years of verbal warfare, a U.S. court ruled that Corelle did not infringe any copyright on Apple products.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled in May that Corellium's Corsec simulator was protected by the "fair use doctrine" of copyright law.
The court agreed with Corellium that the virtual machines running iOS were used for security research purposes only.
A panel of three judges said Corellium's products "advance science by conducting security research on critical operating systems." The court also added that iOS was "functional operating software that is not at the core of copyright."
According to Forbes,Apple and Corellium reached a settlement, but the terms were not made public.