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Apple Sued Over iPhone Panning and Zooming Technology
Picsel Ltd. and Picsel Technologies Ltd, two related Scottish companies, have filed a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc. over the way in which the iPhone and iPod Touch handle panning and zooming of documents and web pages. The Picsel plaintiffs allege in the Delaware District Court filing that these devices incorporate patented handheld document rendering technology which allows users to pan and zoom rapidly around a document without lengthy waits for the system to redraw the screen.
Apple has been a frequent target of intellectual property rights holders in recent years, and currently is involved in more than 20 disputes over its technology and products.
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