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Litigation

Dec. 4, 2014

Plaintiffs seek $1 billion from Apple as antitrust trial opens

Plaintiffs' attorneys told a federal jury on Tuesday that Apple Inc. violated antitrust law, costing consumers and resellers more than $340 million, by restricting which platform could be used to put music on an iPod in the late 2000s.


By Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writer


OAKLAND - Plaintiffs' attorneys told a federal jury Tuesday that Apple Inc. violated antitrust law, costing consumers and resellers more than $340 million in damages, by restricting which platform could be used to put music on an iPod in the late 2000s.


The underlying battle is over - the devices now play music files without licensing restrictions - and so the attorneys used their opening stateme...

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