Apple sued over iPhone once again

If Apple continues to get sued at the rate they are going now, Appletell will soon be able to have an “Apple Lawsuit of the Week” segment. This latest lawsuit directed at Apple is over the iPhone’s touch-screen keyboard. That makes 3 lawsuits (the first over the iPhone battery and second over iTunes) in the span of seven days. Congratulations Apple, I am sure this must be a record for you.

A Florida based company is claiming that the iPhone’s keyboard is infringing on their patent that describes a “method and medium for computer readable keyboard display incapable of user termination” which was issued back in 2004. The company wants “reasonable royalties” for each iPhone that has been sold so far, and wants Apple to stop using their intellectual property. Whether or not this claim will actually hold up in court is to be decided, but with Apple having filed over 200 patents on the iPhone itself, I think they pretty much have everything covered.

Apple’s legal department has been getting quite a bit of action in the last few weeks. Rumors have started to surface that Apple is hiring a group of highly trained cyborgs to help stem the workload.

Via [MacNN]