Creative Technology Wins Ipod Lawsuit
Marketing News August 24th, 2006
Creative Technology Ltd. is finally getting their just rewards. Under an agreement annoucned Wednesday, Apple Computer Inc. will pay $100 million to its’ rival. In June, the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed to investigate whether the Apple iPod infringed on Creative’s patent for a navigation system used to organize and access music on its Zen Player. Thankfully, the federal agency did not side with Creative and over 8.1 million iPods were sold in the three months following the investigation. Apple has admitted no wrongdoing and has filed two countersuits against Creative. (Yahoo News)



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