Apple, SanDisk, Samsung sued over MP3 patent

After Microsoft was ordered to pay no less than $1.5 billion in an MP3 patent infringement case last week, the question wasn't if, but when Alcatel-Lucent would go after Apple.

The answer: not just yet. But in the meantime, Apple's lawyers, and those of Samsung Electronics and SanDisk, can work on their form in Marshall, Texas. Little-known Texas MP3 Technologies is suing three of the four makers of MP3 players with market share to speak of (Sony is missing in action) in the town that's quickly becoming known for its plaintiff-friendly juries in patent cases.


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