Apple sued for monopolizing MP3 player market; another lawsuit involves 'beer-drinking' iPhone apps
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Apple sued for monopolizing MP3 player market; another lawsuit involves 'beer-drinking' iPhone apps

The article says the lawsuit represents a continuation of a long-running legal fight between Apple and Luxpro. It alleges that Apple has used illegal tactics, such pressuring Luxpro's retail partners to stop selling Luxpro music players, in an attempt to monopolize the MP3 music player market. You can read the details of the long running battle between Apple and Luxpro at the InformationWeek site. The conflict goes back to March 2005.

Meanwhile, Coors faces an US$12.5 million lawsuit for allegedly copying a $3 beer-drinking novelty application that allows users to virtually drink a pint by tilting their iPhone. Hottrix, a small company that develops "tricks" for mobile devices, filed a lawsuit alleging that Coors commited copyright infringement by copying its iPhone application iBeer.

Both Hottrix's application and Coors' iPint display the image of a glass of beer on the iPhone's screen, which is emptied when a user tilts the handset about 90 degrees. Both apps launched in the App Store on July 11 -- the major difference being that iBeer cost $3 and iPint was free. You can read all the details here.

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