As we reported on Friday, Texas-based company Fintiv, has announced it has filed a civil lawsuit against Apple in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, over Apple’s mobile payments solution, Apple Pay. The lawsuit is the latest in a string of lawsuits the Texas company has filed against Apple over Apple Pay since 2018.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, Georgia’s RICO Act, The Defend Trade Secrets Act, and Georgia’s Trade Secret Act.
The lawsuit alleges that Apple approached Fintiv’s predecessor CorFire during the 2011 – 2012 timeframe, and received access to confidential technical information. While the smaller firm believed Apple was planning to license the company’s mobile wallet technology, the iPhone maker instead stole the confidential information, while also luring key CorFire employees away from the firm, leading to the 2014 launch.
Apple is now pushing back. The company made a statement to 9to5Mac, saying Fintiv is trying to “distract from their failed patent case” with a new set of allegations.
“The court has repeatedly rejected Fintiv’s claims and we believe this latest attempt to distract from their failed patent case should also be dismissed,” Apple told the publication. “We launched Apple Pay over a decade ago and have been innovating every day since to give users the best, most private and secure experience available. We’ll continue to defend against these false claims.”
For its part, Apple claims that it developed Apple Pay using its own patented technology, and that its approach includes several differences from Fintiv’s tech. The company says Fintiv is simply attempting to profit from Apple Pay’s success after being defeated in court.
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