A Houston area woman who says she created diverse emoji is suing Apple for copyright infringement. Her app, which launched in the Apple app store in October 2013, features emoji with five skin tones. AdIn 2015, Apple launched their own set of diverse emojis with five skin tones. In court filings, the company said it developed diverse skin tone emoji on its own and did not copy her work. Apple argues that Parrott does not have claim to the copyright of skin tone emoji and that “copyright does not protect the idea of applying five different skin tones to emoji because ideas are not copyrightable.”