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10:57, March 13, 2008 |
Apple Inc. was sued on Wednesday over the technology used in iPod and iTunes by ZapMedia Services Inc., according to media reports Thursday.
Atlanta-based ZapMedia Services Inc. sued Apple in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the Cupertino-based company of violating two ZapMedia patents.
The suit of ZapMedia alleged that Apple's iTunes online music store and iPod music players were illegally using a patented method for distributing digital media over the Internet.
The patents in question cover a way of sending music and other digital content from servers to multiple media players. ZapMedia applied for the patents in 1999. One was granted in March 2006, the other on Tuesday.
ZapMedia wanted royalties on Apple's sales of iPods and iTunes music, which reached nearly 11 billion U.S. dollars last year.
ZapMedia said it met with Apple to discuss licensing, but Apple rebuffed the offer.
An Apple spokeswoman made no comment on pending lawsuits.
Source:Xinhua/Agencies
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