If we could all get a dime for every lawsuit Apple has gotten in just this year alone...well...we wouldn't be rich, but you get the point neverthless. The latest in the series, is related to the iPhone keyboard, in which SP Technologies is accusing Apple " to pay royalties for the 'willful and deliberate' infringement of a patent Apple used illegally for the iPhone's keyboard".
As if that wasn't funny enough; because the claim in the lawsuit was already present in the Newton, a decade before this lawsuit, so this is nothing more than an attempt at gold-digging in Apple's deep pockets:
SP's complaint also asks for a permanent injunction against further use of the intellectual property at issue.
Furthermore:
Apple is a big target for patent suits given the technical complexity of its products and its deep financial reserves. Plaintiffs in cases like this often hope that the threat of an injunction and treble damages will compel a defendant to settle without a trial.
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