Apple, others sued for concept of computer-based transcription device
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 14, 2007 at 1:00pm
Another day, another lawsuit. A Delaware firm named AutoText Technologies claims that Apple and virtually all of the US electronics industry is infringing on a patent for the concept of a computer-based transcription device, reports AppleInsider.
The 32-page suit was filed in the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Ohio. It alleges that any device made in the US with a display and keyboard, storage for vocabulary, and a way of sorting keywords by order of frequency violate the AutoText patent, which was granted in 1994.
AutoText names 23 firms, including Apple, HP and IBM. Apple is named for reportedly violating the patent by producing Mac OS X 10.4 (“Tiger”), the Safari web browser, and related products. The Mac maker is not singled out from the rest of the group, however, notes AppleInsider.
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