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Mon, 06 Aug 2007 Apple sued over iPhone touchscreen

A company claims patent on part of the iPhone touchscreen

Jonny Evans

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SP Technologies is suing Apple over a patent it claims is used in the touch-screen display of the iPhone.

The company claims Apple is aware of the patent, which was awarded to SP Technologies in 2004.

The patent describes a "method and medium for computer readable keyboard display incapable of user termination."

Filed last week in a plaintiff-friendly Texas court, the lawsuit - which claims "wilful and deliberate" infringement of the patent - demands royalties for each iPhone sold and an injunction against Apple to prevent it using the patent

Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told Bloomberg the company doesn't comment on pending litigation.

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