Apple has been sued in a Virginia-based Federal Court for patent infringement over ebook uses of the iPhone and iPod Touch by Swiss company Monec Holding. The company says it has a 2002 patent titled “Electronic device, preferably an electronic book” that covers “a general electronic device with a housing, display, input means, microprocessors, controls and interfaces for data exchange with peripherals” and a “preferably provided” touchscreeen that “has dimensions such that with it approximately one page of a book can be illustrated at normal size.” The filing says that “Apple makes books and book applications accessible through Wi-Fi and […]