Varia Holdings LLC has filed its first litigation since 2012, accusing Apple (1:23-cv-07477) of infringing three patents through the implementation of RFID/NFC technology within the Apple Pay service and supporting devices (e.g., smartphones and smart watches). In the new complaint, filed in the Eastern District of New York, Varia Holdings pleads that its representatives met with Apple in March 2013 to “discuss Apple’s potential interest in utilizing Varia’s patented RFID/NFC technology”. Apple is alleged to have declined to license the technology because it “had no interest in using RFID technology and would not incorporate RFID/NFC technology into any of its products”.