Creative sues iPod

[Dr.Dank]

Creatice mp3's is using iPod to stop all sales in the US over some patent

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San Francisco - Singapore-based digital music hardware company Creative has sued Apple, claiming that the iconic Ipod violates its patents, media reports said Tuesday.

Creative claims that Apple's best-selling gadget violates a patent it was granted in the US in 2005 for its own Zen MP3 player, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. Creative filed the lawsuit in San Francisco District Court.

Creative is seeking an injunction and unspecified damages for what it says is a 'wilful infringement of the Zen patent'.

The lawsuit comes as Apple's Ipod continues to dominate the market for portable music players with some 72 per cent of all sales, according to research group NPD, which estimated Creative's share at less than 10 per cent.

Creative said it had also filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, asking for an injunction that would stop Apple from selling the Ipod and Ipod Nano in the US.

http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1164454.php/Creative_sues_Apple_in_attempt_to_ban_Ipod

 

[hurrisun]

lame

 

[Petey.]

who cares....creative is awesome and apple fuckin sucks...end of story

 

[n.i.c.k.]

No. Apple is awesome, ipods suck.

 

[PooterCrunk69]

they are only sueing because creative sucks and cant make any money, so the only way they can get it is by sueing

 

[Jwenz]

Ipods are overated...Apple Computers are sick

 

[hartig]

best way to put it

 

[AtomicTweaker]

what was the patent infringement

 

[Dr.Dank]

no idea but apparently its big

 

[Grimace.]

werd

 

[ride_switch]

sick, I love creative mp3 players, they're so much better than ipods.

 

[Dr.Dank]

i have a creative nomad jukebox or something and its like a brick. Its 30 gb and i use it to break windows.

 

[sneather]

for sure ... creative is the way to go

 

[steevner]

jeah!! i hope they win, everyone is blinded from other mp3 players by the apple corporation. i have a creative and it kicks ass

 

[deathcookie]

i heard microsoft sued them also so they might have to get rid of the wheel

 

[Redstar]

Creative designed the wheel...

 

[AtomicTweaker]

noooooo...........did they?

 

[sherpasrock]

ok so just looking back.... didn't the iPod come out before the 2005 patent of Creative's Zen? and wasnt the iPod in development for a while before that? if so how could Creative sue Apple for a patent of theirs in 2005 for something that came out BEFORE their (Creative's) patent was in effect?

 

[SteveStepp]

fuck creative

 

[evan25]

i have a mac and i all my music is in itunes could i use a creative with my mac?

 

[[fisher]]

Creative M Vision "The I pod Killer"

 

[andrewg]

FUCK CREATIVE!

 

[3ski6guy0]

thats pretty much true. if they didnt care about the money they would have sued apple right from the start but if somehow they do win this case creative automatically gets all the profits that apple has earned from ipods

 

[skibio5]

i'm having a bit of trouble seeing how creative can sue ipod... but ipods are just so easy with itunes and everything, so until theres a better music player to sync with an mp3 player, i'm sticking to the ipod

 

[pmills]

that article dosent give much information...

http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4326/53/

gives a better idea what is going on

there isn't too much to be afraid of for apple, plus doesnt the ipod play .m4a files?

 

[DaysToCome]

i like my ipod

fuck creative

 

[skiierman]

Some design the Ipod steals from the Creative design. I saw this one comming a mile away haha. Anyways, who cares because iPods suck balls.

 

[pmills]

^ its something about how users acess their music or some shit like that

 

[dowalibeast]

creative is going to go bankrupt before they can get enough money to take down steve jobs

 

[Snubluck]

Sueing apple is so hot right now.

 

[nickmcnutt]

no, fuck sueing people in general.

 

[SirFryanator]

I have an ipod and it broke. Hopefully apple will fix it up in their newest version which will probably come out like tomorrow cuz they come out with new ones every half year.

Creative deserves to fuck apple over