Trade Commission Probes Apple
The United States International Trade Commission has launched a probe into whether Apple Computer’s iPod portable music player infringes on a patent owned by Creative Technology. Creative’s announcement of the inquiry is another mortar round fired over Apple’s high fortress, but showcases that this battle is going to be nasty. Creative alleges that its patent covers the user interface in its Nomad and Zen digital...
Apple Files Second Counter-Suit Against Creative
Apple Computer filed a second patent infringement lawsuit in the United States against rival Creative Technology Ltd. The counter-suit come after Singapore-based Creative, the world’s distant number two MP3 player maker, filed patent complaints against Apple last month in a federal court and with a U.S. trade agency. Apple filed its latest suit in a district court in Texas, claiming Creative has infringed at least three of its...






