Apple beats lawsuit over racially diverse emoji

A lawsuit alleging that Apple's ethnically diverse emoji characters infringe copyright, has been dismissed by a federal judge.The suit, originally filed in September 2020, claimed that 'the world's first diverse emoji' brand was invented by the plaintiff, Cub Club Investment (CCI). First used in 2013, CCI held over 20 copyrights, and at the time had three pending patent applications.According to Reuters, the case has now been dismissed by US District Judge Vince Chhabria. In his full ruling, Judge Chhabria said that 'even assuming the allegations in the complaint are true, the idea is all that Apple copied.' Read more...