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Posted on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 at 11:16 am
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Swiss company SmartData sues Apple over Apple TV, iPhone (TUAW)
Another company you've probably never heard of before today is after a slice
of Apple's pie. This time it's Swiss company SmartData, who claims Apple is
willfully infringing its patent on a "modular computer" with the Apple TV,
iPhone, and Remote app.
As noted by Electronista, SmartData doesn't seem to produce any products or
have any clients, so this seems to be yet another case of a company seeking to
make money solely off its patent portfolio. SmartData was reportedly in
licensing talks with Apple as early as 2004, but the companies' communication
abruptly ended two years later.
Electronista classifies SmartData's claim as "somewhat tenuous," noting that
nothing in the claim actually appears to apply to Apple's products. That, plus
the fact that the claim was filed in Apple's San Jose court district rather
than the plaintiff-friendly East Texas district, makes it far less likely that
SmartData will succeed in its claim.
Swiss company SmartData sues Apple over Apple TV, iPhone originally appeared
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