Patent troll targets Apple's Disk Utility over alleged patent violation

Illinois-based Software Restore Solutions has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming that the company's Disk Utility application violates a patent on automatic computer configuration repair. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the Northern District of Illinois. The patent in question, US Patent #5,832,511, is for a "Workgroup network manager for controlling the operation of workstations within the computer...