Creative wins patent

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hate em or love they haven't made a move yet. If they do sue a company, you can't blame them for trying.

Except the other DAP manufacturers have 10 times more money so Creative would have a fight on their hands

 

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Creative uses the navigation technology on many of its portable music devices, which account for 3.3 percent of the market, according to the NPD Group. The iPod, which in large part owes its popularity to its easy-to-use navigation system, has about 74 percent of the American market.

Craig McHugh, president of Creative's United States operations, said on Wednesday that Apple was the only company that Creative had identified so far that was in violation of the patent, though Creative was investigating others

Select quote from NY Times. Hmmmmm