Apple Sues Corellium in ‘Straightforward Case of Infringement’ That’s Inexplicably Nixed

Florida startup Corellium bases its business “entirely on commercializing the illegal replication of the copyrighted operating system and applications that run on Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and other Apple devices,” alleged an Apple complaint (in Pacer) Thursday in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach: “This is a straightforward case of infringement of highly valuable copyrighted works,” said the complaint, which was inexplicably terminated early Friday. “The product Corellium offers is a ‘virtual’ version of Apple mobile hardware products, accessible to anyone with a web browser,” it alleged. “Corellium serves up what it touts as a perfect digital facsimile of a broad range of Apple’s market-leading devices.” It recreates them “with fastidious attention to detail not just the way the operating system and applications appear visually to bona fide purchasers, but also the underlying computer code,” it said. It has “no license or permission from Apple,” it said. “Enough is enough.” Apple sought permanent injunction effectively shutting down Corellium, plus an order requiring notifications sent to all Corellium customers that continued use of the products “infringes Apple’s copyrights.” Corellium didn’t comment Friday, nor did Apple.