Back at ya Creative!

[twisted5]

DailyTech this week reported that Creative Labs, makers of the Nomad and Zen line of portable MP3 players, decided to sue its biggest MP3 competitor, Apple Computers. The suit that Creative filed claims that Apple infringed on patents over the interface that's used in Apple's iPods. Creative claims that it had designed the easy to use interface over 6 years ago. Many are asking why Creative waited so long if it had the patents 6 years ago.

Now, Apple has filed a suit against Creative, claiming that Creative infringed on patents that it owns over the iPod. According to Creative however, Apple never mentioned about these patents when Creative and Apple held discussions with each other.

No word was given from Apple about the suit, but many are saying that Apple has every right to continue to sell its MP3 players because Creative waited too long to sue. Apple currently holds nearly eight times the market share size that Creative has for portable MP3 players.

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[Ham]

....But the creative was around first...

'No word was given from Apple about the suit' = Apple are just pulling a 'sue me ill sue you!'

 

[Raging]

....But the creative was around first...

'No word was given from Apple about the suit' = Apple are just pulling a 'sue me ill sue you!'

ye and it works i bet

ipods ftw!!1!!11

 

[blawblaw]

I hate iPods. I had 2 40gigs (first one was the original, had to replace it) and they both died on me.

 

[Eguy]

heh stupid apple, they will never learn

 

[FragTek]

Apple has so much more money than Creative they can't even hold a flame to that shiz. They be goin' DOWN.

 

[Eguy]

Apple has so much more money than Creative they can't even hold a flame to that shiz. They be goin' DOWN.

How you have changed in the last month :rollingla

 

[Raging]

i agree with frag,apple have more money,apple could probly buy creative twice over....creative=:0wned:

if apple win

 

[Phnom_Penh]

....But the creative was around first...

No they weren't....

 

[FarFarAway]

ipods have been around for donkeys years. Everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon once they realised just how well they were selling.

 

[Eguy]

ipods have been around for donkeys years. Everyone else started jumping on the bandwagon once they realised just how well they were selling.

Creatives nomad CD player was before ipod

 

[PV5150]

This thread is getting old now and seems to have lost it's focus...keep it on topic please!!! It seems to be little more than tit for tat between whoever owns Creative or Ipod players, and 'mines bigger than yours' etc. Which came first the chicken or the egg?

I mean if you really think about it, what are the legal implications of this kind of court case? We only need to think back a month or so ago and the problems that Blackberry had! Do you think that this may encourage other smaller manufacturers to jump on the litigation bandwagon? Is this going to cause additional cost to the consumer, in the event of Apple hypothetically losing? Proof of intellectual property and the effective patenting of it is notoriously difficult; so as I've said previously this will be a field day for the lawyers involved and will no doubt continue for some time.

 

[Raging]

Creatives nomad CD player was before ipod

that is a cd player tho

noboody said anything about cd player???

i am a bit hungover as i went to a party last night sory for spelling mistakes (it was greaat i got so fooked lol)

 

[Hyper]

I hope creative doesnt go down as that will be the warranty on my X-FI sound card gone :wavey:

Anyway I own a Ipod Nano and although it is a nice piece of kit I never use it as its just sitting on my desk collecting dust