R.N Nehushtan Trust Ltd. v. Apple Inc., No. 24-1806 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 14, 2026)

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Appellant R.N. Nehushtan Trust, Ltd. (RNN) brought this patent infringement suit against Appellee Apple Inc. (Apple) in the Northern District of California . RNN owns U.S. Patent Nos. 9,642,002 (the ’002 patent) and 9,635,544 (the ’544 patent), which are directed to improvements in cellular communication device security. Specifically, to bet- ter secure a setting wherein a cellular device’s data may be read or edited, called “data mode,” the patents disclose an “access restrictor to restrict use of said . . .