Apple named in two ‘offbeat’ lawsuits
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 6, 2009 at 4:55pm
Another day, another lawsuit—or two. According to AppleInsider Apple is the defendant in two recent, offbeat lawsuits, including one filed by an artist who alleges he invented and named the iPod and iPhone in the 1980s, only to have Apple and actress Sarah Jessica Parker steal his trade secrets.
In the second lawsuit, A Florida man has included Apple along with rappers Lil’ Wayne and Birdman in a lawsuit that alleges his voice was used on records without his permission. Apple is named alongside Wayne, real name Dwayne Carter, and Birdman, also known as Brian Williams. Other defendants include Universal Records, Cash Money Records, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Distribution Services, Real Networks, Yahoo, and Does 1-10, notes AppleInsider.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 10,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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