Some of you may recall another lawsuit filed against Apple... How many of you remember Imatec, the medical imaging company who is suing Apple for over a billion dollars for infringing patents in the implementation of ColorSync? Well, considering that the suit was only filed a few days ago, most of you probably recall-- now that we've reminded you. Seriously, if we hadn't mentioned it, would it enter your mind as one of the big problems Apple has to deal with right now? Probably not, given the shadiness of the claim and the plaintiff. This is one of those suits that we suspect won't show up in the news very much beyond the initial coverage of the filing.

In fact, we ourselves had pretty much forgotten all about that particular lawsuit until we saw it mentioned on Apple Recon. And while we're always a little suspicious of Recon's personal entanglements and ulterior motives when we read their info, we still think they're a valuable source. In particular, since they're focus is on Wall Street, it's nice to get their unique perspective on matters dealing more with the financial and business side of matters, which is why we were interested to see what they thought about this whole Imatec deal. Unsurprisingly, they report that Wall Street "laughed the suit off" as soon as they checked into Imatec's background. They report that Apple's lawyers could probably have the suit "summarily dismissed--" if they didn't want to rack up some more legal fees from their bosses in Cupertino, that is. Apparently, in order for the suit to hold water, Imatec has to prove that they tried to minimize their losses from the alleged infringement, which it seems they did not do.

Incidentally, further down the page, Recon also says that they are "trying to refrain from cryptic references," which statement made us laugh even harder than the Imatec suit did. After all, Apple Recon without cryptic references would be like Baywatch without swimsuits. (Er, fully-clothed, we mean.) We'd sooner see Mac the Knife start reporting his stuff in the manner of Dan Rather. If it ain't broke, don't clarify it, folks...