Apple forks out $100M to settle dispute
In a bid to put the entire Creative lawsuit to rest Apple has doled out $100 million to make it go away. Deep pockets indeed. “The lawsuits centered around Creative’s claim that iPods infringed on its patent for a navigation system used to organize and access music on its Zen music players.
The settlement, announced Wednesday, allows Cupertino-based Apple to recoup a portion of its payment if other electronics companies license Singapore-based Creative’s technology.” To make matters worse Apple is about to issue a recall of 1.1 million laptop batteries that were initially supplied by Sony.
Apple Computer is recalling 1.1 million laptop batteries supplied by Sony, citing a fire hazard, The Associated Press reports.
This is just breaking so I’ll be sure to update it as information comes availalbe.
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