Apple Opponent Chinese government

Shanghai - Apple by surprise lay claim to the Chinese government and a number of companies from the Bamboo Curtain country related to Siri patent . Apple demands is specifically addressed to the State Intellectual Property Office , which is in charge of patent protection in China , as well as Zhizhen Network Technology , a company that developed a similar software Siri . Reported by Xinhua on Friday ( 28/02/2014 ) , Apple has previously requested State Intellectual Property Office declared patent for ' virtual assistant ' artificial Zhizhen invalid . However, the request is rejected . Not granting the petition was then pushed Apple to make the resistance to take legal action . Previously , last year it Zhizhen the first Apple accused of cheating software ' Xiao i Robot ' . Software patented in 2004 was said to have been used to develop Zhizhen Siri . Zhizhen claim their products work the same way with Siri . This application is also applied to various fields including telecommunications , financial and e - commerce .