Author: Juli Clover
Apple has lost its lawsuit against Corellium, a mobile device virtualization company that supports iOS. Apple last year sued Corellium for copyright infringement because the Corellium software is designed to replicate iOS to allow security researchers to locate bugs and security flaws.
According to The Washington Post, a Florida judge this week threw out Apple's claims that Corellium had violated copyright law with its software. The judge said that Corellium successfully demonstrated that it operated under fair use terms.
Corellium's software creates digital replicas of iOS, iTunes, and user interface elements available on a web-based platform or custom platform built by Corellium. The software is designed as an exact copy of iOS, with Apple also arguing that Corellium sold its product "indiscriminately" in a way that could allow for security flaws to be used to hack iPhones. The judge in the case called that particular claim "puzzling, if not disingenuous."
During the dispute, Corellium appealed to security researchers and accused Apple of using the lawsuit to "crack down on jailbreaking," and also said that its software helps Apple by making it easier for security researchers to find bugs.
Corellium argued that Apple's code in its product is "fair use," which the judge in the case agreed with, thereby denying Apple's request for a permanent injunction against Corellium. Apple has not yet commented on the decision.
As an alternative to Corellium, Apple has launched a Security Device Research Program to give vetted researchers access to specially-configured iPhones that are less locked down than consumer devices with the aim of helping researchers locate bugs in iOS. Apple in late December began sending out the first of these research iPhones.
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Apple has lost its lawsuit against Corellium, a mobile device virtualization company that supports iOS. Apple last year sued Corellium for copyright infringement because the Corellium software is designed to replicate iOS to allow security researchers to locate bugs and security flaws.
According to The Washington Post, a Florida judge this week threw out Apple's claims that Corellium had violated copyright law with its software. The judge said that Corellium successfully demonstrated that it operated under fair use terms.
In its lawsuit, Apple said that Corellium illegally replicated the operating system and applications that run on the iPhone and iPad. "Corellium has simply copied everything: the code, the graphical user interface, the icons - all of it, in exacting detail," Apple said in the original filing.
Corellium's software creates digital replicas of iOS, iTunes, and user interface elements available on a web-based platform or custom platform built by Corellium. The software is designed as an exact copy of iOS, with Apple also arguing that Corellium sold its product "indiscriminately" in a way that could allow for security flaws to be used to hack iPhones. The judge in the case called that particular claim "puzzling, if not disingenuous."
During the dispute, Corellium appealed to security researchers and accused Apple of using the lawsuit to "crack down on jailbreaking," and also said that its software helps Apple by making it easier for security researchers to find bugs.
Corellium argued that Apple's code in its product is "fair use," which the judge in the case agreed with, thereby denying Apple's request for a permanent injunction against Corellium. Apple has not yet commented on the decision.
As an alternative to Corellium, Apple has launched a Security Device Research Program to give vetted researchers access to specially-configured iPhones that are less locked down than consumer devices with the aim of helping researchers locate bugs in iOS. Apple in late December began sending out the first of these research iPhones.
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