A Taiwanese company is to sue Apple for $100 million (£50 million) in lost sales of its own MP3 player after winning a lawsuit against the global giant.
Luxpro was stopped from selling its Super Tangent MP3 player following an injunction by Apple in a Taiwanese court. The iPod manufacturer claimed that its rival's design, which was in a white case and a similar shape to the iPod shuffle, was too similar to its own product.
The injunction was overturned following appeals in the Taiwan high court and the Taiwan supreme court and the its Super Tangent is now back on the market in Japan and Thailand.
"We plan to sue Apple in a Taiwanese court before the end of the month and demand $100 million in compensation for the revenues we have lost due to their abuse of their global power," said Luxpro chairman Wu Fu-chin, speaking to the Financial Times.
The chairman said the company lost a substantial amount of orders for the product because of the injunction.
The player in question was released at the CeBIT technology fair in 2005 under the name of Super Shuffle. Like the Apple product, it also has buttons on the front of the player.
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