Israeli Company Emblaze Begins Patent Infringement Trial Against Apple

July 2, 2014 | Israeli tech and IT company Emblaze has sued Apple over patent infringement for the use of the company’s platform for delivering live-streaming video over wireless networks. The trial began on Monday in a California Federal Court with U.S. District Judge Paul S. Grewal presiding. Emblaze’s case of patent infringement was limited to seven video-streaming services, including Major League Baseball’s “At Bat” and WatchESPN, which the company asserts are platforms based on their technoogy. Emblaze was issued a US patent in 2002 covering a certain process for delivering live-streaming video via wireless networks without interruption. Apple, however, only began working on a similar HTTP live-streaming platform around 2007, demanding that services like “At Bat” use Apple’s platform, therefore infringing Emblaze’s patent. Emblaze is an Israeli company founded in 1994 and is the maker of the advanced “Else” smartphone.