Chinese court denies Apple‘s appeal to drop Siri patent lawsuit; trial set for July

Apple is in Chinese courts once again defending one of the vital pieces of the iOS ecosystem. Despite attempts to get a patent lawsuit dropped, the company has to go to trial with Zhizhen over a dispute related to voice-based search assistant Siri.Last year, Zhizhen Technology sued Apple for the use of Siri, which allegedly violated some of the patents held by the Chinese company. Zhizhen’s popular Xiao i Robot voice-activated software is used widely in China. Zhizhen sued, claiming that Apple’s Siri infringes on its patents for voice recognition software. Apple had requested the Shanghai Court to drop the case, but the company was denied that luxury and the trial has been set for July, Hurriyet Daily News reports. Click here for full story