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Apple Sued for Promoting iPhone as eBook

by Joseph L. Flatley on March 26, 2009 at 06:05 AM


If you've ever thought that the iPhone might be a lawsuit magnet, we now have even more proof for you. It looks like a company called MONEC Holding Ltd., based in Berne, is suing Apple for patent infringement, unfair trade practices, monopolization, and tortious interference (whatever that means). MONEC's January, 2002 patent (No. 6,335,678 -- titled "Electronic device, preferably an electronic book") describes a light-weight, touchscreen electronic device that has the "dimensions such that [...] approximately one page of a book can be illustrated at normal size, this display being integrated in a flat, frame-like housing." Doesn't sound like every handheld device out there, does it? We'll keep you posted.

Tags: Amazon, apple, att, e-book, e-reader, iphone, Kindle, lawsuit, MONEC, patent infringmenet, PatentInfringmenet

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