TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington filed on Dec. 10. a much-threatened lawsuit against Fusion Garage, a startup that he claims stole his idea for the long-awaited CrunchPad tablet PC. Fusion Garage began taking preorders for the $499 JooJoo tablet, which features a 12.1-inch touch screen and can primarily be used to surf the Internet, on Dec. 11. In addition to the lawsuit, Arrington posted on the TechCrunch blog describing what he termed a pattern of deceit on Fusion Garage’s part. The matter will be settled in court.
– Michael Arrington, founder of popular tech blog TechCrunch, announced that
he had filed a lawsuit Dec. 10 against Singapore-based Fusion Garage, formally
alleging that the latter company’s JooJoo tablet PC is a rip-off of Arrington’s
never-released CrunchPad.
The JooJoo, a 12.1-inch touch scree…