Technology,
Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation
Feb. 4, 2022
Apple asks judge to dismiss copyright infringement lawsuit over diverse emojis
The tech giant is being sued by a woman who said Apple rejected a partnership to increase diversity in digital communications.
Apple Inc. asked a federal judge in San Francisco Thursday to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit that alleges emojis of various human features in five different skin tones, as well as the popup menu to pick the desired skin tone for a user's selected emoji, were taken from another company.
"Copyright protects only the expression of ideas, not the ideas themselves," Apple said in its motion.
The motion came ...
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