The company won a $100 million decision against Apple way back in 2006 over the use of the “technology” ( read: simple list and file structure format that nearly everyone uses) in the iPod.įast forward to now, and it seems like they’re just looking for a quick cash infusion to keep their coffers filled. This actually isn’t the first time the company has sued for this patent. It’s basically what nearly ever music player in existence uses to display music.īut a patent is a patent, and Creative is entitled to claim damages on it. The actual infringement is due to a patent owned by creative which details a hierarchical system for finding, displaying and playing music. What a time to be alive!Īlright, let’s stop playing sarcastic here. That’s right, these folks are being sued because their phones have music players. What could they possibly have on these huge names of the tech industry to slap all of them in the face with legal papers? Music players. The biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world find themselves under fire from Creative, a company which specializes in audio technology.Ĭreative is suing Samsung, LG, HTC, BlackBerry, Sony, ZTE, Lenovo and Motorola. Nothing like a big bowl of litigation for lunch.