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In what seems to be a never ending lineup of lawsuits, this time around Apple is being sued for patent infringement. This time, real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors have brought a suit against Apple Inc. claiming that a technology used by the iPhone to browse websites infringes on their patent.
The lawsuit has been filed by EMG Technology LLC, (a company founded by Gottfurcht) on Monday in the US District Court located in Tyler, Texas.
Stanley Gibson, Gottfurcht’s lawyer has noted that they have not considered suing HTC or RIM, even though both companies use similar technology to that of Apple. Strange. Perhaps they’re testing the waters with Apple and will move on from there.
Even stranger is a comment from Gibson:
“We haven’t looked at anything other than the iPhone…That was the device that we looked at. Obviously it’s very popular.”
The iPhone is the only device you’ve looked at!? Surely you’ve got to be kidding me. Surely it’s not out of your reach to get your hands on the latest BlackBerry or HTC device. Something is up.
Obviously I’d like to see more details on their actual patent before I make any further comment… But one thing you can count on, Apple’s lawyers are hard at work on this one. I’ll keep you posted.
[Via: RedOrbit]
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