A Taiwanese chipmaker is suing Apple over the use of multitouch technology in several products, including the iPhone, iPod Touch and forthcoming iPad.
Elan Microelectronics filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday, accusing Apple of violating an Elan-owned patent that covers "touch-sensitive input devices with the ability to detect the simultaneous presence of two or more fingers."
Elan claims the iPhone, iPod Touch, MacBook and Magic Mouse are in violation of Elan's patent, No. 5,825,352 — and when the iPad goes on sale this Saturday in the US, it will be too. Elan has asked the ITC to ban the import of all five devices into the US.
For more on this story, see Apple sued over multitouch patent on CNET News.
