Apple's legal troubles.(Burst.com Inc. filed suit against Apple for patent infringment)(Brief article)
Macworld, April, 2007
Apple has been involved in many legal battles over the past few years--here are a few that are still pending. Patents Burst.com filed suit against Apple, accusing the company of infringing on four of its patents. Burst claims that Apple's iTunes Store, iTunes software, iPod devices, and Quick-Time streaming products; other Apple software products (Final Cut Studio, GarageBand, iMovie, iDVD, and iWeb); and .Mac services are all affected by the patents.
The Burst patents allegedly relate to methods and devices used for burst transmission of audio or video files. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Loud iPods Apple was accused by customers of selling its iPod music players and earbud headphones without adequate warnings about the risk of noise-induced hearing...
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