Apple and Samsung are currently duking it out in what might be one of the most publicized tech patent cases of all time.
While Apple waged that court battle against Samsung, Steve Jobs' brainchild has actually been slapped with quite a few lawsuits itself.
We thought we'd explore some of the most interesting to downright wackiest lawsuits Apple has had to face.
The cases span everything from Apple's recent battles in China to one elderly woman's gripe with the company's store designs.
Siri screwed up so Apple got sued.
Frank M. Fazio sued Apple in March, claiming Siri doesn't work as well in real life as it does in the company's commercials.
Right after he bought his iPhone 4S, Fazio realized Siri wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
"For instance, when [Fazio] asked Siri for directions to a certain place, or to locate a store, Siri either did not understand what [Fazio] was asking, or, after a very long wait time, responded with the wrong answer," Fazio claims in his lawsuit.
Forbes' Erik Kain called the class action "the definition of frivolous," noting Fazio could have simply returned the phone instead of suing.
Nokia sued Apple and a battle of epic proportions ensued.
Nokia sued Apple in October 2009, claiming the company failed to pay for the right to use Nokia's various technologies.
Then, in December 2009, Apple decided to countersue, claiming Nokia infringed 13 of Apple's patents.
"Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours," Bruce Sewell, Apple's general counsel and senior vice president, said in a news release.
So then Nokia filed a complaint about a week later with the U.S. International Trade Commission, claiming that "virtually all" of Apple's products violate Nokia patents.
The fight ended when Apple agreed to pay Nokia some licensing fees, iMore reported in June.
The Department of Justice sued Apple over alleged price-fixing for e-books.
Back in April, the Department of Justice went after Apple and several publishing house CEOs, claiming they met regularly to conspire to raise e-book prices as a way to fight Amazon's discounting, The Wall Street Journal reported at the time.
Apple and the publishers plotted to raise the price of many e-books from $9.99 to $12.99 through $14.99, according to the government's lawsuit.
The case is still ongoing. As late as Thursday, Apple was opposing the government's proposed settlement with three publishers of the five publishers the U.S. had initially sued, Computerworld reported.
Apple has refused to settle, according to Mediabistro. The case is headed to trial in the summer of 2013.
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