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Apple sued over touch-screen technology

article published on 12 April, 2009

Apple Inc. has been sued by Elan Microelectronics for allegedly infringing two of the Taiwanese company's patents which related to touch-screen technology. "We couldn't find a common viewpoint with Apple, so we decided we had to take action," said Dennis Liu, an Elan spokesman. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco earlier this week. It alleges that Apple products ... [ read the full article ]

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korgoth3
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_ 		12. April 2009 @ 17:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hopefully apple loses their ass..

thats a big patent, dont settle for anything under a billion
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SProdigy
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_ 		13. April 2009 @ 11:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by korgoth3:
 hopefully apple loses their ass..

thats a big patent, dont settle for anything under a billion
Obviously Elan is yet another PATENT TROLL.

I'd like to see where these companies receive REAL licensing and royalties from their patents BEFORE they crawl out of their hole and sue, sue, sue!

Everywhere I go I see touchscreens, from fastfood restaurants to department stores. You can't tell me that this lawsuit's timing, after the frenzy over the iPhone, is NOT convenient.
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