Creative Sues Apple, Seeks Injunction
Creative has formally filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple is in breach of their "Zen Patent." The patent, granted in August 2005, covers how files on digital music players are organized.
Creative also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission and is seeking an investigation into whether Apple violated the Tarrif Act by importing and selling iPods (iPods are manufactured overseas before being sold in the U.S. and elsewhere). If Creative is granted a cease-and-desist order against Apple, Apple would be forced to stop importing, selling, and marketing the iPod in the U.S.
Creative also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission and is seeking an investigation into whether Apple violated the Tarrif Act by importing and selling iPods (iPods are manufactured overseas before being sold in the U.S. and elsewhere). If Creative is granted a cease-and-desist order against Apple, Apple would be forced to stop importing, selling, and marketing the iPod in the U.S.
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75 months ago
Creative have filed a cease and desist law suit against Apple, claiming Apple copied their patent for an mp3 player. Basically what they want is to stop Apple from selling iPods, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffles.
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So I guess Creative's way of thinking is if they can't compete with their own innovations then try to get the one's who do come up with the ideas out of the way.
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So I guess Creative's way of thinking is if they can't compete with their own innovations then try to get the one's who do come up with the ideas out of the way.
75 months ago
I heard. Not going to happen anyways. But that's creative for you.
I think the law suit shows the name as "Not-So-Creative vs Apple" :D
75 months ago
Creative has formally filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming Apple is in breach of their "Zen Patent." The patent, granted in August 2005, covers how files on digital music players are organized.
Creative also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission and is seeking an investigation into whether Apple violated the Tarrif Act by importing and selling iPods (iPods are manufactured overseas before being sold in the U.S. and elsewhere). If Creative is granted a cease-and-desist order against Apple, Apple would be forced to stop importing, selling, and marketing the iPod in the U.S.
75 months ago
Apple had already been shipping its own file management system on iPods for years before they were granted their "patent". How dumb is this? :rolleyes:
Filed in January 2001 count as the starting time of their claim to originality? If so I guess they must be hunting for some out-of-court cash settlement. Surely no court will put an end to the foreign production and global sale of iPods. It's too anti-business a decision for any court to want to order.
Filed in January 2001 count as the starting time of their claim to originality? If so I guess they must be hunting for some out-of-court cash settlement. Surely no court will put an end to the foreign production and global sale of iPods. It's too anti-business a decision for any court to want to order.
75 months ago
Thanks to all the readers who submitted this story. Couldn't give credit to just one because there were a lot of good submissions, each adding more info.
75 months ago
Awwwwe. How cute... Creative is jealous.
lol, Im sure that is true... everyone seems to be trying to sue apple... but Im sure the first creative MP3 players were not hard drives based.... weren't they like 16mb multimedia cards?
75 months ago
this suit is going nowhere. but i guess this stuff happpens when no one can actually outdo you...
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