Software developer SoftView launched a suit against Apple and iPhone and AT&T on Monday, claiming the two are infringing on its patent covering the display of Web pages on mobile devices. SoftView makes a product of the same name, which provides graphic viewers and Web browsers for PDAs, cellphones, smartphones, and other small-screen devices. The SoftView website says the company has been developing its product since 1982 and prominently displays its three patent numbers on its home page. SoftView’s patent covers the scalable display of Internet content on mobile devices.  The product is described as “mobile devices enabled to support resolution-independent scalable display of Internet (Web) content to allow web pages to be scaled (zoomed) and planned for better viewing on smaller screen sizes.  The patent was filed in 2005 and issued in 2008.

Considering this case, Apple is  wrestling with law suit against Nokia, EMG Technology, HTC and Kodak.