Motorola Faces Virtual Keyboard Patent Infringement Lawsuit

Aug. 26, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

Motorola Mobility LLC was accused of copying an inventor’s virtual keyboard technology with its smartphones’ voice-to-text function, according to a complaint filed in an Illinois federal court.

Motorola’s smartphone products use a virtual keyboard that allows users to type a message by speaking into the microphone, using technology that Buffalo Patents LLC says infringes its US Patent Nos. 6,904,405 and 8,204,737, according to a complaint filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

The Moto G7 Play smartphone, as well as other products, include a Gboard application that has a similar virtual keyboard function that ...

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