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iPod clone claims minor victory
James Oakwood
0 comments 06 January 2007
After an 18-month old injunction has recently been overturned, Luxpro, the creators of an iPod shuffle clone, are planning to countersue Apple for 100 million dollars.
The player in question, Luxpro’s Super Tangent, was originally called the Super Shuffle, but changed its name when it was released early in 2005. Naturally, Apple applied for an injunction to stop Luxpro selling the Tangent and it was upheld in August of the same year.
Oddly though, Luxpro managed to win the appeal and then, last month, they won a case that reversed the injunction, leading to the frankly ludicrous announcement that Luxpro plan to countersue Apple to the tune of $100 million in damages.
In a press release on the Luxpro website, the company’s Chairman, Wu Fu-Ching commented: "Taiwan has a very sophisticated electronics technology, and we can't just let a multinational corporation take advantage of its market force to put down Taiwan's industry at its will.”
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