Griffin Technology, Belkin and DLO in patent dispute

By Dave Caolo

DLO has filed a patent infringement suit against both Griffin Technology and Belkin. Specifically, the suit alleges that Griffin's RoadTrip and Belkin's TuneBase FM violate patents filed by DLO for allowing an Mp3 player (I wonder which one?) to play music through a car's stereo speakers.

Griffin responded this afternoon with the following statement: "We do not believe that the DLO patent is valid, nor that any of our products infringes the patent. In 2004 we sued Netalog for a declaration to that effect; that their patent is invalid and not infringed upon."

This could get ugly, folks.

[Via MacMinute]
 

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