Creative alleges Apple' iPod and iPod nano music players violate Creative's "Zen" patent, and seeks an injunction barring Apple from importing, selling, or marketing iPods and iPod nanos. (They'd presumably name the iPod mini as well, but Apple doesn't make it anymore.) Creative claims to have implemented and demonstrated its music interface in January 2000 in its Nomad Jukebox portable music player, and filed for the patent in January 2001, well before the first iPods shipped in October of 2001.

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