Apple Inc. has been sued for billions of yuan by a Chinese company that claims the U.S. tech giant infringed on one of its patents, the latest development in a years-long legal battle between the two companies.
Shanghai Zhizhen Intelligent Network Technology Co. Ltd. filed a lawsuit on Monday to Shanghai High People’s Court seeking an estimated 10 billion yuan ($1.43 billion) in damages from Apple for the alleged infringement of its patent on a chatbot similar to Apple’s Siri virtual assistant.