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Unsealed Apple Pay ruling explains Fintiv’s Texas retreat and weakens new Georgia case


A newly unsealed opinion shows why Apple had little patience for Fintiv’s long-running claims in Texas. As it turns out,...

That finding explains the company’s abrupt retreat in Texas and bodes poorly for its latest attempt to profit off Apple Pay in Georgia. Judge Alan Albright, who oversees one of the country’s busiest patent dockets in the Western District of Texas, granted Apple summary judgment of non-infringement on the core claims Fintiv was still pursuing. The new case swaps out patent infringement for trade secret theft and racketeering, but the story feels familiar.

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