Apple sued over Apple TV
12 01 2009
A maker of wireless set-top boxes has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the Cupertino, Calif.-based company hired away three employees with knowledge of technology that would be included in Apple TV.In a six-page complaint filed Tuesday with the Illinois Northern Federal District Court, EZ4Media claims that Apple TV, AirPort Express, and Macintosh computers infringe on patents owned by the set-top box maker. The patents–specifically 7,130,616, 7,142,934, 7,142,935, and 7,167,765–were obtained in March by EZ4Media from Universal Electronics, according to InformationWeek, which first reported the suit.
In its suit, Bannockburn, Ill.-based EZ4Media claims that Apple hired three former Universal Electronics employees– Nick Kalayjian, Bruce Edwards, and Wendy Goh–during the development of Apple TV.
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