Apple would be in a lawsuit with the Taiwanese Elan a settlement struck with the 5 million dollars must pay for. This gets the company out of Cupertino, the right to patents in the area of touchbediening to use.
The indictment was filed in the United States and dates back from 2009. The settlement of $ 5 million, among other things, the Taiwanese newspaper Taipei Times about message, is striking because the Us International Trade Commission had earlier ruled that Apple does not infringe on the two patents in the complaint were called. The ITC can import and sales of products ban in the US. Apple itself has not yet a statement about the settlement.
Further, there would be an arrangement made for the use of each other’s patents. Elan, which is dedicated especially to the development of technology for mobile devices, a number of patents of Apple. Other way around Apple the right to the two patents in the lawsuit were mentioned.
According to Elan, the conscious patents infringed in the iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, MacBook and Magic Mouse. The Taiwanese company asked the ITC to a sales ban, but which are deemed infringement of the patents is not proven.