05.12.2009 02:05 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

Apple Inc. faces patent abuse over the iPhone's digital camera

Apple faces a court room struggle against IP firm, St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, which has filed a lawsuit claiming the computer company has violated several of its digital camera patents.The case was filed in October in the US District Court in Delaware and has reached the scheduling conference stage, which begins January 13 2010. The Loop informs us that the lawsuit alleges Apple’s iPhone camera infringes on four patents, including the ‘459, ‘219, ‘010 and ‘899 patents St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants holds.A key factor in this litigation is the Michigan-based company’s extensive list of prior victories in similar cases against Sony, Fuji, Kyocera, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus

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