| Case | Case Filed | Last Document |
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| EMG Technology, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | November 24, 2008 | November 25, 2009 |
| EMG Technology lawsuit accuses Apple of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,441,196 in the way the iPhone navigates the Internet. |
| McKenna v. St. Louis County Police Department et al | July 15, 2009 | November 24, 2009 |
| Elan Microelectronics Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | April 7, 2009 | November 24, 2009 |
| Apple Inc. v. Psystar Corporation | July 3, 2008 | November 24, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendant Psystar Corporation sold in commerce a computer named the OpenMac--subsequently changed to Open Computer--which runs a modified version of the Leopard operating system without authorization from Plaintiff and in violation of the terms of the Software License Agreement governing the use of Mac OS X software and Plaintiff's intellectual property., Defendant also provided direct copies and/or modified versions of Plaintiff's software updates. |
| Xpoint Technologies Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation et al | August 21, 2009 | November 23, 2009 |
| Luxpro Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | October 14, 2008 | November 23, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Luxpro Corporation alleged that Defendant Apple, Inc. engaged in a scheme to interfere with Plaintiff's existing and prospective business relations and monopolize the worldwide MP3 market. Specifically, Plaintiff alleged that Defendant pressured Plaintiff's business partners and published false statements concerning Plaintiff's products and business. |
| "The Apple iPod iTunes Anti-Trust Litigation" | January 3, 2005 | November 23, 2009 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendant Apple Computer, Inc. unlawfully bundled and tied digital music files sold through the Apple iTunes Music Store to its own iPod portable digital music player. |
| Hovsepian v. Apple, Inc. | December 31, 2008 | November 20, 2009 |
| Kitagawa, Jr et al v. Apple, Inc. | May 1, 2009 | November 16, 2009 |
| Franklin v. Apple, Inc. et al | October 28, 2009 | November 12, 2009 |
| Gomelsky v. Apple, Inc. | October 30, 2008 | November 12, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Giorgio Gomelsky alleged that the Powerbook G4 sold by Defendant Apple Inc. contained a widespread and commonplace characteristic defect and design flaw that rendered its memory slots inoperative. |
| St Clair Intellectual Property Consultants Inc. v. Apple Inc. | October 26, 2009 | October 27, 2009 |
| Eight Mile Style, LLC et al v. Apple Computer, Incorporated | July 30, 2007 | October 26, 2009 |
| Eight Mile Style LLC and Martin Affiliated LLC alleges that they never authorized Universal to license Eminem's music to Apple for resale on the iTunes Music Store. |
| Owens et al v. Apple, Inc. | June 24, 2009 | October 13, 2009 |
| As Reported on Ars Technica, the Plaintiffs allege that Apple intentionally misleads consumers by marketing on their iTunes Gift Cards that songs are $0.99 when many are $1.29 |
| Koschitzki v. Apple Inc. et al | November 4, 2008 | August 24, 2009 |
| Plaintiff Avi Koschitzki alleged that the iPhone 3G did not function properly, as advertised and marketed, on the 3G network in that it allegedly bumped him off the 3G network to the slower EDGE network. |
| Cygnus Systems, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation, et al | December 23, 2008 | July 31, 2009 |
| Payne et al v. Apple Inc. et al | January 29, 2009 | July 21, 2009 |
| Walsh v. Apple, Inc. et al | October 28, 2008 | June 14, 2009 |
| Plaintiff David Walsh alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. consistently and uniformly denied its network engineers the required regular, overtime, and other compensation that federal and state laws require |
| 21 srl v. Apple Inc. et al | December 23, 2008 | April 3, 2009 |
| PACid Group, LLC v. Apple Inc. et al | March 30, 2009 | March 30, 2009 |
| Accolade Systems LLC v. Micron Technology Inc et al | March 24, 2009 | March 24, 2009 |
| Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | March 24, 2009 | March 24, 2009 |
| Trujillo v. Apple Computer, Inc. et al | August 31, 2007 | March 9, 2009 |
| Plaintiff alleged that defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. purposefully and fraudulently concealed that cost of replacing the iPhone battery, as well as the life span of the iPhone battery. |
| International Business Machines Corporation v. Papermaster | October 22, 2008 | March 5, 2009 |
| Plaintiff International Business Machines Corporation alleged that Defendant Mark D. Papermaster will breach his Noncompetition Agreement with, and confidentiality obligations to, IBM by accepting an executive position at Apple Inc. |
| Medway v. Apple, Inc. | January 26, 2009 | February 26, 2009 |
| Pittman v. Apple, Inc. | November 26, 2008 | December 1, 2008 |
| Brown-Booker et al v. Apple Inc. et al | August 24, 2007 | November 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Nicole Brown-Booker and Jana Overbo allege that the Apple store was not accessible to persons with disabilities. |
| Walsh v. Apple, Inc. et al | August 4, 2008 | October 27, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Walsh alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. consistently and uniformly denied its network engineers the required regular, overtime, and other compensation that federal and state laws require. |
| WIAV Solutions LLC v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al | September 26, 2008 | September 26, 2008 |
| Smith, et al v. Apple, Inc. | March 12, 2009 | August 20, 2008 |
| Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | July 30, 2008 | August 5, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Digital Background Corporation alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,764,306 entitled "Real-Time Method of Digitally Altering a Video Data Stream to Remove Portions of the Original Image and Substitute Elements to Create a New Image." Defendant Apple Inc. counterclaimed and requested declaratory judgment that the '306 patent claims are invalid, unenforceable and not infringed. |
| Typhoon Touch Technologies, Inc et al v. Motion Computing, Inc et al | December 5, 2007 | July 16, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Typhoon Touch Technologies Inc. and Nova Mobility Systems Inc. alleged that Defendants Dell, Inc., Xplore Technologies Corporation of America, San Dune Ventures, Inc., Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Panasonic Corporation of North America, Apple Inc., HTC America, Inc., Palm, Inc., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Nokia Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. for infringing on U.S. Patent No. 5,379,057 and 5,675,362 entitled "Portable Computer with Touch Screen and Computer System Employing Same." |
| Mirror Worlds, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | March 14, 2008 | July 14, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Mirror Worlds LLC alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent Nos. 6,006,227 and 6,638,313 B1 entitled "Document Stream Operating System" and 6,725,427 B2 entitled "Document Stream Operating System with Document Organizing and Display Facilities," 6,768,999 B2 entitled "Enterprise, Stream-Based Information Management System" |
| Reinhardt v. Wal-mart Stores, Inc. et al | September 21, 2007 | July 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Richard Reinhardt (p/k/a Richie Ramone) alleges that Defendants Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Apple, Inc., RealNetworks, Inc., Taco Tunes, Inc., Ramones Productions, Inc., Estate of John Cummings, Herzog & Strauss and Ira Herzog infringed on Plaintiff's copyright to six songs he authored while a member of The Ramones. Plaintiff alleges that he never licensed or authorized the use of his compositions in any digital formats. |
| Holman et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | October 5, 2007 | July 2, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendant Apple, Inc. tied the iPhone product to other products an services offered by Apple and AT&T Mobility, LLC |
| Restricted Spending Solutions, LLC v. Apple, Inc. | February 6, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Restricted Spending Solutions LLC alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,143,064 entitled "Controlled Entertainment Spending Account." |
| Securities And Exchange Commission v. Heinen et al | April 24, 2007 | June 23, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Securities and Exchange Commission alleged that defendant Nancy R. Heinen caused Apple to issue stock options that were backdated and altered company records to conceal the fraud, and that defendant Fred D. Anderson should have noticed Heinen's efforts but failed to take steps to ensure that Apple's financial statements were correct. The SEC further alleged that defendants personally benefited from the backdating and received several million dollars in unreported compensation as a result of the backdated options. |
| Klausner Technologies Inc v. Apple Inc et al | March 19, 2008 | June 20, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Klausner Technologies, Inc. alleges that Defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,283,818 entitled "Telephone Answering Device Linking Displayed Data with Recorded Audio Message." |
| Apple Computer, Inc. v. Podfitness, Inc. | September 21, 2006 | June 10, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. alleged that defendant Podfitness, Inc.uses trade names and marks (PODFITNESS.COM and PODFITNESS) that are highly similar to and confusingly similar to Apple's famous trademarks (IPOD), and that defendant intentionally sought to imply an association with Apple in its marketing and advertising. |
| Somers v. Apple, Inc. | December 31, 2007 | June 4, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Stacie Somers alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. illegally tied DRM-protected music and video files purchased from the iTunes Music Store to the iPod, as well as deliberately crippled the iPod from playing WMA files. |
| Li v. Apple Inc. et al | September 24, 2007 | May 23, 2008 |
| Plaintiff alleges that (1) Apple discriminated in price between early purchasers and later purchasers of the 8 GB iPhone in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13, (2) Apple discriminated in rebates between people who purchased iPhones before August 22, 2007 and people who purchased iPhones from August 22 - September 4, 2007 in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13a, and (3) Apple is selling its iPhone for an unreasonably low price to hurt competition between early and late purchasers of its iPhone in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 13a, (4) Apple and AT&T forced early purchasers to enter into a 2-year service agreement with unfair terms, which later purchasers could avoid by unlocking their iPhones in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 14, (5) AT&T's early termination fee is unfair and deceptive. |
| Zapmedia Services, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. | March 12, 2008 | May 20, 2008 |
| Plaintiff ZapMedia Services Inc. alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,020,704 entitled "System and method for distributing media assets to user devices via a portal synchronized by said user devices " and 7,343,414 entitled "GUI driving media playback device." |
| Apple Inc. v. Atico International USA Inc. et al | May 14, 2008 | May 15, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Apple Inc. alleged that Defendants Atico International USA Inc. and New Atico International Limited Corporation manufactured and sold iPod accessories which were not licensed or otherwise sponsored by Apple. Defendants also allegedly infringed U.S. Patent No. 7,305,506 entitled "Method and System for Transferring Status Information Between a Media Player and an Accessory," Nos. D551,212, D551,213, and D552,085 entitled "Dock Insert," and No. D558,738 entitled "Docking Station." |
| Stiener et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | August 29, 2007 | April 29, 2008 |
| Plaintiffs allege that defendans Apple, Inc. and AT&T Mobility, LLC failed to inform initial purchasers of the iPhone that fees of over $100 would be required to replace the iPhone battery and maintain service while the battery was being replaced. |
| Milan v. Apple Incorporated | April 24, 2008 | April 25, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Henry Milan alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,991,483 B1 entitled "Flash Memory Drive with Quick Connector." |
| David Grisman et al v. UMG Recordings Inc et al | May 3, 2007 | February 8, 2008 |
| Plaintiff David Grisman d/b/a Dawg Music and Rodney Franklin d/b/a Maicaboom Music allege that Defendant Warner Music Group Corp., Rhino Entertainment Company, Ryko Corporation, Instinct Records, Apple Computer, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, AOL Music Now, LLC, Yahoo!, Inc., RealNetworks Digital Music of California, Inc. infringed on Plaintiff's copyrighted work "The Groove." |
| WI-Lan, Inc. v. Acer, Inc. et al | October 31, 2007 | February 6, 2008 |
| Plaintiff Wi-LAN Inc. sued Defendants Suppliers, Broadcom Corporation, Intel Corporation, Atheros Communications, Inc., Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc. and Circuit City Stores, Inc. for infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 5,282,222 entitled "Method and Apparatus for Multiple Access Between Transceivers in Wireless Communications Using OFDM Spread Spectrum" and RE37,802 entitled "Multicode Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum." |
| AutoText Technologies, Inc. v. Apple, inc. et al | November 9, 2007 | January 9, 2008 |
| Plaintiff AutoText Technologies, Inc. alleges Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,305,205 entitled "Computer-Assisted Transcription Apparatus." |
| Black v. Apple, Inc. | October 23, 2007 | November 19, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Frederick Black alleges that Defendant Apple, Inc. violated the Florida Antitrust Act and the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act. |
| Microlinc, LLC v. Intel Corporatioh et al | November 7, 2007 | November 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Microlinc, LLC alleges that Defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,009,488 entitled "Computer Having Packet-Based Interconnect Channel." |
| Maria et al v. Apple Computer, Inc. | August 8, 2007 | November 13, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs alleged that defendant Apple Computer, Inc. subjected plaintiffs to identity theft and credit card fraud by printing more than the last five digits of plaintiffs' credit or debit card numbers on receipts at the point of sale. |
| Smith et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | November 7, 2007 | November 7, 2007 |
| Plaintiff sued defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Mobility LLC for unlawfully tying the iPhone to Apple and AT&T Mobility products and services. Plaintiffs also seek to bar Apple from selling the iPhone with any software lock, from denying warranty service to users of unlocked iPhones, and from requiring iPhone consumers to purchase cell phone service through AT&T Mobility. |
| Black v. Apple, Inc. | September 28, 2007 | October 25, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleged that Apple Inc. engaged in the unlawful tying of its iPod and iTunes Music Store products. |
| Digital Reg of Texas, LLC v. Hustler.com et al | October 5, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Digital Reg of Texas, LLC alleged that defendants Hustler.com (a/k/a LFP Internet Group, LLC), LFP, Inc., Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Playboy Enterprises, Inc., Audible, Inc., Sony Corp. of America, Sony Connect, Inc., Macrovision Corp. and Blockbuster Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 6,389,541 entitled "Regulating Access to Digital Content." |
| Leaper Footwear v. Nike et al | October 1, 2007 | October 15, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Leaper Footwear, LLC alleged that defendants Nike, Inc. and Apple, Inc. developed and marketed a "Nike + iPod Sport Kit" that infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,720,200 entitled "Performance Measuring Footwear." |
| Apple Computer Inc. v. Burst.com, Inc. | January 4, 2006 | October 12, 2007 |
| Plaintiff Apple Computer, Inc. sued defendant Burst.com, Inc. and sought a declaratory judgment that U.S. Patent Nos. 4,963,995 entitled "Audio/Video Transceiver Apparatus Including Compression Means," 5,164,839 entitled "Method for handling audio/video source information", 5,995,705 entitled "Burst transmission apparatus and method for audio/video information" are invalid and are not infringed by Apple. |
| Mediostream, Inc. v. Acer America Corporation et al | August 28, 2007 | October 11, 2007 |
| Plaintiff MedioStream, Inc. alleges that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,009,655 B2 entitled "Method and System for Direct Recording of Video Information onto a Disk Medium." |
| Riches v. Simpson et al | September 21, 2007 | September 24, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that defendant Steve Jobs d/b/a CEO Apple Computer Inc. is arranging to secretly release defendant O.J. Simpson from prison to "radio wave warp" him. Plaintiff alleges that he negotiated a plea bargain with Steve Jobs while he sat in Cinderella's castle in the Magic Kingdom , but talks broke down with the UAW and Detroit. Plaintiff also accuses Jobs of price gouging and alleges that he bought an Apple iPhone for $929.01 at the FCI Williamsburg Prison Commissary, and now Jobs sells the iPod for $189. Plaintiff also charges that O.J. Simpson is using his credit to finance Apple technology to mind manipulate his Las Vegas jury. The XLP8-52 gig software will make each juror say not guilty. The same software was used in his trial as a test, but Jobs secretly put water to glitch the computers and made all the juror say guilty instead. |
| Leung v. Apple Computer, Inc. et al | August 13, 2007 | September 6, 2007 |
| Plaintiff alleges that Defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. failed to inform a nationwide group of initial purchasers of the iPhone that annual fees of over $100 would be required to replace the iPhone battery and maintain service while the battery was being replaced. |
| IP Innovation LLC. et al v. Apple, Inc. | April 18, 2007 | June 13, 2007 |
| Plaintiffs IP Innovation LLC and Technology Licensing Corporation allege that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 5,072,412 entitled "User Interface with Multiple Workspaces for Sharing Display System Objects." |
| Compression Labs Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al | April 22, 2004 | February 28, 2005 |
| Plaintiff Compression Labs, Incorporated alleged that defendants infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672 entitled "Coding System for Reducing Redundancy." |
| Monticelli v. Apple, Inc. et al | November 16, 2009 | |
| Marasciullo v. Cash Money Records et al | October 30, 2009 | |
| DICKERSON v. APPLE COMPUTER, INC. et al | March 16, 2009 | |
| Antrobus et al v. Apple Computer, Inc. et al | March 11, 2009 | |
| Huf v. Apple, Inc. | March 11, 2009 | |
| Gonzalez et al v. Apple Inc. et al | January 30, 2009 | |
| Global Innovation Technology Holdings, LLC et al v. Acer America Corp. et al | January 15, 2009 | |
| Walters v. Apple, Inc. | January 15, 2009 | |
| Acer America Corp. et al v. WI-Lan, Inc., | December 17, 2008 | |
| Keller v. Apple, Inc. et al | November 19, 2008 | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission v. Pimstein et al | October 30, 2008 | |
| Gillis v. Apple Computer Inc et al | October 8, 2008 | |
| Sen v. Apple Inc. et al | September 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Jai Sen alleged that Defendants Apple Inc. and AT&T Inc. designed, marketed, manufactured, distributed and sold 3G iPhones that prematurely developed hairline cracks in the casing. Plaintiff also alleged that the 3G iPhone demanded too much power and that the AT&T infrastructure was insufficient to handle 3G signal volume. |
| Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | September 18, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Man & Machine, Inc. alleged that Defendants Apple, Inc.'s use and proposed continued use of the trademark MIGHTY MOUSE violates Plaintiff's rights in its own MIGHTY MOUSE trademark. Plaintiff also alleged that any license to use the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark Apple purports to have received from Defendants CBS Corporation and CBS Operations, Inc. is invalid due to Plaintiff's preexisting, superior rights to use of the MIGHTY MOUSE trademark in connection with computer mouses. |
| Mazick v. Daughtry et al | September 17, 2008 | |
| Walters v. Apple Computer Inc et al | September 12, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Aaron Walters alleged that Defendants Apple Computer, Inc. and AT&T, Inc. engaged in a deceptive and unfair business practice by wrongfully and unfairly deceiving the public and their customers by misrepresenting the speed, strength and performance of their new iPhone 3G device and its related 3G-bandwidth network protocol in the advertisement and sale of their iPhone 3G device. |
| Smith, et al v. Apple, Inc. | August 19, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Jessica Alena Smith alleged she purchased an iPhone 3G from Defendant Apple, Inc. that was not "twice as fast" as Defendant had advertised. She also alleged that she experienced an inordinate amount of dropped calls. |
| WIAV Solutions, L.L.C. v. Research In Motion, Ltd. et al | July 30, 2008 | |
| Vogel et al v. Apple, Inc. et al | June 27, 2008 | |
| Saxon Innovations, LLC v. Apple, Inc. et al | June 26, 2008 | |
| Apple Inc. v. Woodhams | June 20, 2008 | |
| Clear With Computers, LLC v. Apple, Inc., et al | June 18, 2008 | |
| Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. et al | May 20, 2008 | |
| Clecak v. Apple Computer, Inc's Short and Long Term Disability Plan | April 16, 2008 | |
| Sanders-v-Apple, Inc. | March 31, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff sues Apple, Inc. on behalf of all persons or entities located within the United States who own a 20-inch Aluminum iMac. Plaintiff alleges that the LCD display for the 20-inch iMac is inferior to the LCD display for the 24-inch iMac, as well as the LCD display used in the previous generation of 20-inch iMacs. Plaintiff alleges that the new display has a narrower viewing angle, less color depth, and is not able to display as many colors. Plaintiff alleges that new LCD display is only capable of displaying 262,144 true colors, and not millions of colors at all resolutions as Apple has represented. |
| Figa v. Apple Inc. | February 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Romek Figa d/b/a Abraham & Son alleged that Defendant Apple Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 4,924,496 entitled "Automatic Incoming Telephone Call Originating Number and Party Display System." |
| Driessen et al v. Starbucks et al | February 19, 2008 | |
| Plaintiffs James L. and Marguerite A. Driessen alleged that Defendants Starbucks Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,003,500 entitled "Retail Point of Sale (RPOS) Apparatus for Internet Merchandising." |
| Martin v. Apple Inc. | February 15, 2008 | |
| Kliegerman v. Apple, Inc. | February 12, 2008 | |
| Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al | January 22, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff Minerva Industries, Inc. alleges that Apple, Inc. and AtlanticRT, Inc. infringed on U.S. Patent No. 7,321,783 entitled "Mobile Entertainment and Communication Device." |
| BlueAir Inc. v. Apple, Inc. | January 18, 2008 | |
| Plaintiff BlueAir Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment that its AIRPOD mark for desktop air purifiers does not infringe Apple's rights in its registered trademarks iPOD for portable personal music players. |
| United States of America v. Apple iPhone, Model number MA712 | December 13, 2007 | |
| Klausner Technologies, Inc. v. Apple Inc. et al | December 3, 2007 | |
| Digital Background Corporation v. Apple, Inc. | November 14, 2007 | |
| Honeywell International Inc. et al. v. Apple Computer, Inc., et al | November 14, 2007 | |
| RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. (RIAA) v. APPLE COMPUTER INC. | January 30, 2004 | |
