A Florida man is suing the iPhone maker Apple for $10 billion, claiming that it was him who invented iPhone back in 1992.
Thomas Ross, a man residing from US state of Florida says that filed a US patent for a rectangular device, having rounded corners and a backlit screen, which could play music, store books, or have mobile telecommunications hardware, in 1992.
His patent application reads, “The device, constituting the invention, is a computerized, electronic reading device, the purpose of which is to provide an alternative to paper-based print-media such as books, magazines, manuscripts and news media.”
According to The Register, Ross submitted three drawings of the "Electronic Reading Device" (ERD) and is of the view that Apple copied him.
"Apple introduced the iPhone, iPad and iPod line of mobile devices, all of which are the very essence of Ross's ERD," his patent-infringement lawsuit filing reads. "Instead of creating its own ideas, Apple chose to adopt a culture of dumpster diving as an R&D strategy."
The Telegraph reads that Ross is demanding a jury to hear a trial in the Florida Southern District Court.
However, Ross is not the first to accuse Apple of stealing ideas, days ago, Nancy Pelosi, the Minority leader of the US House of Representatives stated that the iPhone was not invented by Steve Jobs but the federal government.
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