A federal judge in the US has dismissed a copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by Apple against cybersecurity startup Corellium, in a case that could have big implications for researchers who attempt to find bugs and vulnerabilities in software. Judge Rodney Smith on Tuesday ruled that Apple failed to show any legal basis for protecting its entire iOS operating system from
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December 30, 2020
Judge Rodney Smith of the Southern District of Florida granted most of software company Corellium’s summary judgment claims against tech giant Apple in an opinion issued on Monday. The case concerned whether Corellium’s product, software that allows the creation of a virtual instance of Apple’s iOS operating system, violates Apple’s copyrights. The judge found that the defendant’s use of Apple code was fair, and declined to grant summary judgment on a Digital Millennium Copyright Act claim.
According to the ruling, the product is designed “to provide an environment in which technology security researchers can conduct research with features of interest to those researchers.” Users of Corellium’s software cannot make calls or use a camera, for example. The judge also recounted that Apple was in talks to acquire Corellium, but the deal ultimately did not come to fruition.
Apple s copyright case against a startup that makes virtualisation software has been tossed out of court by a federal judge in Florida. In August last year Apple filed a lawsuit asserting that Corellium s virtualisation software infringed its copyright. After hearing arguments from both sides, U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith ruled that Corellium s software amounted to fair use due to it being transformative and very helpful to developers finding security flaws.
So, what is Corellium s controversial product? If you check out the firm s web site you will see that it sells access to development software that creates virtual devices with real-world accuracy, in your web browser. It promises to remove physical barriers and take inaccurate emulators out of this type of testing with its app streaming and high fidelity Arm device modelling – using Arm-based cloud servers.
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