Apple Inc. devices that let users log in or send electronic payments by scanning their faces, fingerprints or retinas infringe six biometric authentication patents owned by Proxense LLC, according to a federal lawsuit.
“For years, users were authenticated with usernames and passwords,” Proxense said in a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. “However, with the amount of sensitive personal and financial information currently stored on personal devices, and the rise of biometric readers and high-speed networks, there was a need to implement improved authentication architectures.”
Apple computers, tablets, watches and smartphones have ...
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