Creative sued by Apple over patents
After finding out that Creative sued Apple over the iPods and iPod nanos importation and sale after importation into the United States, in the same day that Creative did this, Apple sued iPod rival, Creative Technology claiming that Creative Labs, the U.S. division of Creative Technology, infringes four patents in its hand-held digital players.
Phil O’Shaughnessy, a spokesman for Creative, said that Creative proactively held discussions with Apple in their efforts to explore amicable solutions and that ‘at no time during these discussions or at any other time did Apple mention to they the patents it raised in its lawsuit’. Anyway, the Apple’s iPod holds more the 75 per cent of the U.S. market while Creative controls less then 10 per cent.