The eleventh US Circuit Court of Requests said Corellium legally reproduced Apple’s framework under the US copyright convention of fair use

Apple Inc on Monday neglected to persuade a US requests court that security startup Corellium Inc encroached its copyrights by reenacting its iOS working framework to assist scientists with finding security imperfections in Apple gadgets.
According to the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals, Corellium legally recreated Apple’s system in accordance with the US copyright doctrine of fair use, assisting important security research and advancing scientific advancement.

Requests for comment on the decision were not immediately answered by the businesses’ representatives.

Corellium’s software, which is based in Florida, lets users run iOS on non-Apple devices and inspect and modify the operating system in ways that make it easier for security researchers to find vulnerabilities. In 2019, Apple filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Corellium in federal court in South Florida.

The appeals court stated that Apple attempted to acquire Corellium for nearly $23 million but was unsuccessful before filing the lawsuit.

In 2020, Apple’s claims regarding Corellium’s iOS simulator were dismissed by the district court. In 2021, Apple appealed.

On Monday, the 11th Circuit agreed that Corellium made a fair use of iOS, stating that Corellium’s software adds new features that assist security researchers “in a way that physical iPhones just can’t.”

Apple’s claims that Corellium simply repackaged iOS in a different format for profit, harming Apple’s market for its operating system and security-research programs, were rejected by the appeals court.

The circuit court stated that Corellium “opened the door for deeper security research into operating systems like iOS.”

The appeals court remanded the case to the district court to determine whether Corellium contributed to third-party copyright infringement or infringed Apple’s icons and wallpapers.

Source – ndtv