Apple Inc. and Google LLC are scowling at an inventor who claims the emoji buttons on their mobile phones infringe his patent on a universal keyboard.

Princeps Interface Technologies LLC sued the tech goliaths in Delaware earlier this summer, asserting a single patent on a universal keyboard developed by inventor Timothy Higginson. Princeps also sued Samsung Electronics Co., Motorola Mobility LLC and Asus Computer International.

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