Apple Sues Creative

boarder8925 writes "Apple is counter-suing Creative, claiming it has infringed 'four patents in its handheld digital players.' The suit was filed the same day that Creative filed suit against Apple. 'Creative proactively held discussions with Apple in our efforts to explore amicable solutions,' a spokesman for Creative said. 'At no time during these discussions or at any other time did Apple mention to us the patents it raised in its lawsuit.'"

HA

[schabot]

**SNAP!**

Tiring

[Anonymous Coward]

Can we just the Your Rights Online section to Who's suing who?

Re:Why hasn't the RIAA sued Creative?

[faloi]

What will happen when every company has sued every other company?

I'll start regretting not going to law school.

In Soviet Russia,

[Anonymous Coward]

Apple sues...

I mean,

Creative sues...

crap.

Re:Won't Matter

[goldaryn]

> The world is ready to dump their iPods in the garbage for this device:

But will it run Lin.. Windows Vista?

Re:Summary: Creative says "Waaaaaaaah"

[lbrandy]

When I read that Apple didn't discuss the patents Creative is infringing on, I thought why should they? Like any sane thing to do is show all the cards you're playing with.

Close, but wrong. Apple was afraid.... One the patents that came up early in the discussion was Creative's patent on 'a method of meeting and talking openly about patents in an attempt to extort money'.

Re:Karma baby!

[bigtangringo]

I suppose I probably had that typo coming ;(

Re:Why hasn't the RIAA sued Creative?

[jimicus]

What will happen when every company has sued every other company?

There will be about 3 companies left, all cross-licensing everything with each other, and some extremely rich lawyers living on their own private island.

Unfortunately, there will be no further development of anything for fear of further litigation, so when a terrible disease starts to sweep through the population of lawyers, reasearch for a cure will be crippled, resulting in lawyers as a species dying out.

In millions of years, their skeletons will be found by a future generation to ponder over. Some will see it as evidence of Darwinian evolution; others will see it as evidence that even an omnipotent intelligent designer makes the odd mistake.

Re:More, more, more

[el cisne]

I say we take off, and litigate the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Where's the pun?

[Megane]

How could you pass up the obvious pun, "Cry me an iRiver"? Shame on you.

Re:Apple is acting like Microsoft

[pastafazou]

No, Apple saw Creative one lawsuit, and raised them three more. It's called IP/patent poker, and it's all the rage right now. It's set to take over Texas Hold 'em as the most popular form of poker.

Re:Summary: Creative says "Waaaaaaaah"

[Basehart]

"It saddens me when people vehemently defend Apple like they are friends with Steve Jobs himself..."

You're just jealous.

Re:Summary: Creative says "Waaaaaaaah"

[Mister Whirly]

"Creating a surprise twist in the portable music wars, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Apple's application to patent its method of using hierarchical menus to navigate through the iPod's contents.

The basis for the denial: A similar method outlined in a Microsoft researcher's patent application, filed after the iPod was introduced but before Apple sought its own patent."

Apple - always showing up at the gunfight with a knife....Albeit a totally sweet knife with the greatest GUI ever seen, (and a leather case) but a knife nonetheless...

Re:Sick of Sue-Happiness

[Anonymous Coward]

The answer to this problem is, of course, for somebody to patent coolness.

does apple have no shame?

[bitt3n]

apple is shameless. first they sue apple computer on some groundless concern over confusing names, and NOW they sue CREATIVE when Apple doesn't even MAKE mp3 players?? They should take advice from the Beatles and "Let it Be".

Re:Sick of Sue-Happiness

[Anonymous Coward]

Not all kids care about cool.
I'm a kid and I'm reading slashdot.

Oblig South Park

[initialE]

Don't you kids know anything? If you've been served, and you dance back at them, then it's on!