“EPL Holdings, a Delaware company run out of Palo Alto has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.

“The official filing with the court states that Enounce had entered into a non-disclosure agreement with Apple back in early 2002,” Purcher reports. “The actual offer for their technology came in the following month at a low ball price that Enounce refused.”

Purcher reports, “EPL claims that Apple went ahead anyway and used the technology used in QuickTime and the iPhone.”

Read more in the full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Edward W." for the heads up.]