Apple Sues Funder for Info on Finnish Company’s Patent Lawsuit

Apple Inc. asked a federal court in Delaware to force litigation funder Omni Bridgeway (USA) LLC to answer questions and provide documents relating to a California patent infringement case against the tech giant that’s now in its sixth year.

Omni is connected to Finnish patent owner MPH Technologies Oy’s 2018 suit accusing Apple of infringing patents with its iMessage and FaceTime products, Apple said in a July 3 court filing.

The underlying patent case, filed in a federal court in San Francisco, stalled for years as Apple challenged the patents’ validity at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Apple says ...