Apple Maps has faced another infringement lawsuit by the non-practicing entity Traxcell

Apple Insider reports that non-practicing entity Traxcell Technologies, LLC has just filed a new lawsuit against Apple alleging that Apple Maps infringed one of its navigation patents. As early as January of this year, Traxcell had claimed in another lawsuit that Apple had infringed two patents related to the directional navigation system. On Thursday, Traxcell filed a new lawsuit in The District Court for the Western District of Texas.

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Like the first lawsuit, the new lawsuit also concerns U.S. Patent No. 10,820,147, which is known to be related to the technology "mobile wireless devices that provide offline and online geographic navigation information."

The complaint also contains detailed examples of alleged infringement, including how GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and cell phone base stations were used to determine approximate locations, as well as navigation assistance "to provide communications device users with navigation assistance from one place to another."

Traxcell accused Apple of deliberately infringing the patent, and the iPhone maker actively encouraged others to infringe Traxcell's intellectual property by offering Apple Maps to users.

Interestingly, despite not explicitly mentioning it in the complaint, Traxcell appears to be making a claim for patent infringement number 10,820,147 involved in the first lawsuit (Apple sought to invalidate the allegations in August).

Specifically, Traxcell asked the court to award the defendants damages and patent damages, and to issue a permanent injunction against the Apple devices involved.