8 Dynamic Advances vs. Apple
Back in 2014, Apple was sued by yet another “patent troll” company, Dynamic Advances. At the time, the firm alleged that Cupertino’s voice-driven personal assistant, Siri, violated one of its patents which had been licensed by two professors affiliated with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
The case was ultimately settled back in April of 2016, however, when Apple agreed with the court’s judgment to pay Dynamic Advances’ parent company, Marathon Patent Group, a total of $24 million — including $5 million up-front, and another $19.9 million ongoing — in exchange for an exclusive license on the disputed patent.