Volume VIII

Issue : 8: April 15, 2010

• State of Kentucky Sues to Reclaim Online Gamblers Losses
• New Litigation Campaign Targets Movie Downloaders
• U.S. Court says ISPs can Regulate Internet Traffic on Peer to Peer Networks
• Copyright Lawsuit Against Google Seeks Damages for Pictures and Art
• Apple Sued Over Multitouch Technology Patent
• Wi LAN Sues Major Electronics Companies over Bluetooth Patent
• U.S. Court Invalidates Human Gene Patents
• New York Appeals Court Finds in Favour of eBay Over Dispute with Tiffany and Co.
• Insurance Company Challenges Canadas PIPEDA Privacy Law
• SCC to Clarify How Hyperlinks to Defamatory Content may be Separate Defamation

Home > Volume VIII > Issue 8: April 15, 2010 > Apple Sued Over Multitouch Technology Patent

Apple Sued Over Multitouch Technology Patent

Elan Microelectronics, a Taiwanese chipmaker company, has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple over the use of multitouch technology in several Apple products, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, MacBook, and the iPad.

Elan has accused Apple of violating Elan’s patent, No. 5,825,352, which covers “touch-sensitive input devices with the ability to detect the simultaneous presence of two or more fingers”, and has asked the ITC to ban the import of all five devices into the U.S.

This is not the first time Elan has defended this patent; in 2008, it sued Synaptics in a U.S. District Court, resulting in a judgment whereby several Synaptics touch-sensitive products were found to be in violation of Elan’s patent.

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