According to this article at the Washington Post, Apple Computer is ramping up its countersuits against Creative:

Apple filed a counterclaim in U.S. District Court for Western Wisconsin and followed that up June 1 with a claim in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas. In its latest suit, Apple says Creative infringed a number of its patents relating to the software and systems on its mobile music player.

Creative sought an injunction against Apple last month, which would have barred the import and sale of iPods in the U.S. I think everyone knew that Apple was going to take Creative behind the shed for that one.

Creative was one of the first companies to offer MP3 players back in the 90s. You can check out their svelte, simplified lineup of 25 different MP3 players here.