Another day, another lawsuit. BASF has sued Apple, accusing it of infringing the German company’s patented face authentication technology in dozens of iPhone and iPad models.
The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court in Midland, Texas and involves Apple’s Face ID technology. The lawsuit seems a bit late in coming.
Face ID is a facial recognition system created by Apple to securely unlock devices, authorize payments, and sign in to apps. It was introduced to iPhones and iPad Pros in 2017. It makes me wonder why BASF waited nine years to sue.
BASF is a German multinational company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF is involved in facial recognition and biometric security primarily through its wholly-owned subsidiary, trinamiX GmbH.
trinamiX has developed a patented “Beam Profile Analysis” technology that combines standard 2D/3D facial recognition algorithms with a liveness check that detects living skin using near-infrared light backscattering. This prevents spoofing via 3D masks or detailed printouts and functions while users wear protective face masks.
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