Apple targeted in smartphone lawsuit.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 02:57 PM | Posted by kazouz

Apple, AT&T, Research in Motion and several other firms are being sued by a Texas-based SmartPhone Technologies.

The company accuses Apple’s iPhone of violating six of its patents, particularly ones related to Bluetooth connectivity, e-mail syncing and bandwidth conservation, AppleInsider reports.

The suit asks the court to find all of the named parties in violation of their respective patents, and seeks damages, costs and expenses from all of them. SmartPhone did not specify damages, but requested a jury trial in the Eastern District of Texas, where patent lawsuits are often filed in hopes of a favorable outcome.

LG, Motorola, Samsung and Sanyo were also among the corporations listed in the suit.