Creative Sues Apple For Patent Infringement
Digital entertainment product supplier Creative Technology Ltd. filed suit against Apple Computer Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for allegedly infringing a Creative patent governing the user interface in portable media players, including those used in Apple?s iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Mini.
Creative Technology (Scotts Valley, Calif.) has also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission requesting an investigation of whether Apple (Cupertino, Calif.) has violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, through the importation and sale of iPods and iPod Nanos that infringe the patent. The patent, designated U.S. Patent 6,928,433, is referred to by Creative as the Zen patent. As relief, Creative is seeking to prohibit Apple from selling and importing iPod and iPod Nano products into the U.S.
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