BASF sued Apple on September 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in Midland, alleging that Face ID infringes seven patents held by BASF subsidiary trinamiX. The patents cover material and skin detection technology intended to prevent spoofing attacks using photos, 3D-printed masks or silicone replicas. BASF says the technology was not used when Face ID debuted with the iPhone X in 2017 but was incorporated into later products, including the iPhone 15, iPhone 16, iPhone 17 and iPad Pro. The company is seeking damages and an injunction, but did not specify an amount. Apple has not commented. The case comes as Apple reported $196.5 billion in iPhone revenue and $21.7 billion in iPad revenue for the nine months ended June 27, 2026.