Apple sued in Portugal for unfair trade practices and price-fixing for $40 Million

A few days ago there was talk that Apple would be sued by a consumer rights group in Portugal over the wording of its AppleCare warranty service. Turns out that an IT reseller and distributor by the name of Taboada & Barros was already Suing Apple for 49 million EUR, that's about $40 million, for unfair trade practices and price-fixing.

Portuguese language blog iPhone Tuga, passing along information gleaned from the Weekly Sol says the action by Taboada & Barros dates back to February, but was only made public now in light of the Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (DECO) case with AppleCare.

In Italy, Apple had lost a similar case about its warranty and was fined $1.2 million. The litigation has no such precedent.