I just feel like I should have been consulted, that's all!

Dagnabbit, wouldn’t you know it, a namby pamby lawsuit and the damn thing ain’t even made its debut, yet. Sylvester Nate George Oscar Slate of The Slate Rock and Gravel Company (SR&GC) filed a trademark infringement lawsuit and

we're sure this doesn't even begin to compete with Apple's upcoming thing of wonder

also complains Apple is infringing on a previously agreed to anticompetive clause, due to something SR&GC manufactures called SlateWriter. Stay tuned, we’ll see how all this pans out.