Apple Maps encounters another infringement lawsuit against Traxcell, a non-practising entity

Apple Insider reported that: Traxcell Technologies, LLC, a non-practising entity, has just filed a new lawsuit against Apple, claiming that Apple Maps infringed one of its navigation patents. It is reported that as early as January this year, Traxcell has claimed in another lawsuit that Apple infringed two patents related to the directional navigation system. On Thursday, Traxcell filed a new lawsuit in the District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Like the first lawsuit, the new lawsuit also involves US Patent No. 10,820,147, which is known to be related to the technology of “mobile wireless devices that provide offline and online geographic navigation information.”

The complaint also contains detailed examples of alleged infringement, including how to use GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cell phone base stations to determine the approximate location, and “provide communication device users with navigation assistance from one place to another.”

Traxcell accused Apple of deliberately infringing on the patent, and the iPhone manufacturer actively encouraged others to infringe Traxcell’s intellectual property rights by providing Apple Maps services to users.

Interestingly, although not explicitly mentioned in the complaint, Traxcell seems to have filed a claim for patent infringement of No. 10,820,147 involved in the first lawsuit (Apple tried to invalidate the allegations in August).

Specifically, Traxcell requires the court to order the defendant to pay infringement damages and patent compensation, and to issue a permanent injunction against the Apple devices involved in the case.