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Monday November 24, 2008
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California-based EMG Technology sued Apple on Monday, claiming the iPhone infringes on a patent the company holds for navigating the Web on cell phones.
EMG founder Elliot A. Gottfurcht last month was awarded a patent for an "apparatus and method of manipulating a region on a wireless device screen for viewing, zooming, and scrolling Internet content." On Nov. 21, he assigned the rights of that patent to EMG.
Apple actively and knowingly infringed on the EMG patent when producing its popular iPhone, according to the EMG filing. EMG wants damages and any profit Apple has earned from the sale of iPhones.
It remains to be seen if EMG will go after the manufacturers of similar, Web-enabled cell phones. EMG lawyers did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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November 24, 2008 5:31 PM
Gotta get in on that action, eh?
It's pretty straight forward at least from appearances - I don't think EMG will go after any other smartphone manufacturers until they've found out whether they can topple the biggest cash cow.
November 24, 2008 7:40 PM
EMG never states that they want ALL profit Apple has earned from the sale of the iPhone, just that they be reasonably compensated for their damages.
November 25, 2008 2:49 PM
"For an order awarding EMG general and/or specific damages, including ... all of Apple's profits or gains of any kind from their acts of patent infringement"