Corellium notches partial victory in Apple iOS copyright case
Security firm’s actions both may and may not qualify under fair use, judge held. …
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Security firm Corellium, which develops software that researchers can use to analyze Apple products, has been handed a partial victory in Apple’s lawsuit against it, as a judge ruled that its creation of virtual iOS environments does not violate Apple’s copyrights.
Corellium has since 2017 been creating iOS environments that can run on desktop computers, for use as a research and development tool. Apple sued Corellium in 2019, alleging, “Corellium’s true goal is profiting off its blatant infringement” of iOS, and claiming that the firm “encourages its users to sell any discovered information [about system vulnerabilities] on the open market to the highest bidder.”
Earlier this year, Apple amended the suit to include allegations that Corellium’s work violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) prohibition circumventing or breaking DRM.
US District Judge Rodney Smith for the US District Court for Southern Florida yesterday issued his ruling (PDF) in the case, denying Apple’s motion for summary judgement, and granting part, but not all, of Corellium’s motion for same, finding that Corellium’s actions were fair use but “issues of material facts” still exist.
Granted in part
Smith found for Corellium on the matter of the copyright claim, determining that Corellium was not simply cloning iOS as a means of competing with Apple, but instead was genuinely using Apple’s work
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