Apple's Buyin' You Off....Bitch

Apple pulled a Blackberry today and and paid off Creative in an effort to resolve a patent lawsuit.

The suit resulted from Apple's iPod music player and the fact that the navigation click-wheel was infringing on Creative's music navigation wheel on it's Zen .mp3 player. The settlement effectively ends all lawuits the two companies with each other. Interestingly, if other companies license Creative's technology, Apple will get a cut of its settlement returned.

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