VB Assets, LLC has sued Apple (1:24-cv-01368) over the provision of devices, including the AirPods, Apple TV, Apple VisionPro, Apple Watch, HomePod, iPhone, iPads, and Mac-series devices, that support the Siri virtual assistant. Six natural language processing patents are asserted in the new District of Delaware complaint. The case has been assigned to Judge Maryellen Noreika, who also presides over a suit filed last month against SoundHoundAI (1:24-cv-01279) and who recently set ongoing royalty rates—of $0.25 “per net new Alexa shopping user” and $0.45 “per net new Alexa user” following a November 2023 jury verdict for VB Assets in a case that the plaintiff filed against Amazon back in 2019.