new lawsuit claims apple infringed on lead-free solder alloy patent in iphones

In the latest patent infringement suit against Apple, Singapore Asahi Chemical & Solder Industries PTE Ltd has brought suit Ohio, alleging that the company infringed on its solder patent in the manufacturing of several different iPhones...   The in seemingly endless series of patent lawsuit against Apple has been filed U.S.   In it, Singapore-based concern called Singapore Asahi Chemical & Solder Industries Pte Ltd alleges that Apple has infringed on its patent for solder, in the manufacturing of several products, including the last iPhones..   The patent, issued in 2001, applies to solder alloys with improved physical and chemical properties that comprise effective amounts of tin, copper, silver, and bismuth...   It names iPhone, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone 8, and iPhone X, as products that infringe upon the patent..   The suit was filed Ohio H-Technologies Group, Inc., is based in that state.   The plaintiffs also state that Ohio has jurisdiction over the case, as Apple operates at least four retail stores in that state...   Apple and Samsung's seemingly never-ending litigation over iPhone patents wrapped up last month, and that's far from the end of Apple ending up on the receiving end of such suits..   The Singapore suit is at least the third patent litigation filed against Apple just since the start of July.   Do Not Disturb While Driving feature earlier this month, while another company, Advanced Voice Recognition Systems, Inc., sued over Siri's Internet access the same week.. by Mike Wuerthele on Scribd...   Read more