Both iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan have introduced various multitasking modes on both compatible iPads and Macs, including the split-screen feature called Split View. That term is now under investigation by the Supreme Court of Delhi, which has required Apple to stop using and marketing software with that term in India, otherwise incurring an assumption of trademark infringement by patent.
The lawsuit for this patent infringement was filed by a company called Vyooh, a Microsoft provider, que posee la marca registrada con el nombre ‘SplitView’ según informa The Indian Times. No olvidemos que hace poco Apple también ha tenido un encontronazo con la justicia por problemas con la venta de terminales reparados.
As we can read in the Indian Times:
The Delhi High Court has urged the American tech giant Apple not to use the name 'SplitView' in any of its products or services, such as the iPad, iPhone or the iOS operating system after a software company with Delhi-based and little-known named Vyooh referred its claim to the Supreme Court, alleging a trademark violation […] This order sends a strong message to multinational software companies about respecting the intellectual property rights of developers of software in India.
This is not the first time that Apple has encountered problems with the term Split View, since in March Indian software developer Rohit Singh, He sued the Cupertino company also before the Delhi High Court for the usurpation of its 'SplitView' trademark. Surely some of you have thought about it and that is that Singh is indeed the guy who runs Vyooh and who has applications called SplitView, DiskView and ViewScribe.
Vyooh's SplitView application dates from around 2006. This software allows users to work simultaneously in multiple windows on a single screen. Now Apple has until May 9 to present its case against this decision.