Apple sued over iPhone camera chips and onboard app-store

Samantha Rose Hunt
07 April 2009, 11:00 PM


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Apple’s iPhone may be a smash success, but it's also proving to be a honeypot for lawsuits.


Apple is once again being sued on claims that the iPhone is in violation of multiple patents among which include the AppStore, the camera image sensor on the phone and even media consumption via iTunes.

Accolade Systems has filed a lawsuit against Apple for utilizing one of three patent-infringing image sensors designed by Aptina Imaging and Micron, in the iPhone.



Affinity Labs is also filing suit against the company for violating three patents with iPhone related technologies. The lawsuit claims that the iPhone’s integration with iTunes is in violation of a patent which Affinity Labs owns that outlines a browsing and downloading method for music and then transfers files wirelessly to handhelds. The iPhone’s Appstore is also being targeted by Affinity.


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agami (New user):

Everybody is just looking for a payout. Patent law reform is long overdue, especially as we continue to globalise.

Before anyone dishes it out I'd like to add that I actually hold several patents.

08 April 2009, 9:28 AM (2 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Halcon (Advanced member):

Apple isn't Mighty Mouse to save it's skin for the lot of trouble brewing constantly.
It seems the opportunists want to ruin Apple economically and force it to shut down.
While I have a dislike for this ugly company, I don't like the way others try to squeeze the cash cow to the point of bleeding to death.
This is not the first time, previously other unscrupulous companies have tried to blackmail leading manufacturers for all of its worth.
US president Barack Obama should do something about it.

08 April 2009, 7:24 PM (2 years ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

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