Apple asked a Delaware federal judge to impose monetary
sanctions against Arendi and its law firm Susman Godfrey one day after Google
defeated Arendi's $45.5 million lawsuit at the trial, which did not involve
Apple.
Arendi's attorneys and representatives for Apple and Susman
Godfrey did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday.
Arendi has sued several tech companies over its patents,
which relate to retrieving information such as names and addresses from a
database and entering it into word processors and spreadsheets. It sued Apple
in 2012 and Google in 2013, accusing their mobile devices of violating the
patents.
Apple settled with Arendi in 2021 under confidential terms.
Apple's Wednesday filing said it attended the Google trial because it feared
Arendi would misuse its confidential business information during the
proceedings.
"And Plaintiff did just that," the filing said.
Apple said Arendi's damages expert disclosed the monetary
terms of their settlement during questioning by Susman Godfrey partner Seth
Ard, violating the companies' confidentiality agreement.
The company said Arendi and Susman Godfrey have "strong
motivations to push the envelope on 'inadvertently' disclosing Apple's
confidential information" for "the ultimate benefit of Plaintiff's
licensing regime and Plaintiff's counsel's litigation strategy."
Susman Godfrey previously represented Arendi in other patent
lawsuits against companies including Apple, Samsung and LG.
Apple asked the court to award an unspecified amount of fees
for the "flagrant violations." © Reuters
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