Apple sued over iTunes Technology
Apple Inc. was sued Wednesday regarding the iTunes music store, and iPod music players which are apparently using patented method for distributing media around the internet.
Zap Media (The company suing) wants royalties on Apple’s saled of iPods, and iTunes music, which reached a massive 11 billion dollars last year.
The patents in question cover a way of sending music/digital content from servers to multi-media players (iPods).
Zap Media applied for the patents back in 1999, the first one was granted in March 2006, and the second one on Tuesday.
Robert Frohwein, ZapMedia’s general counsel, had this to say in a statement,
“When someone takes our vision and our intellectual property without a license after several attempts, we have no option but to protect it through every means available to us.”
An Apple spokesman has said the company does not wish to discuss pending lawsuits.
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