WhitServe filed suit against Apple, alleging that the “Quick Look” previewing feature used in Apple operating system software products infringes a patent related to sequentially opening and displaying files in a directory. WhitServe, an attorney-inventor patent assertion entity has filed seven prior suits since June 2002 but the current suit against Apple is the first to assert the file directory patent.  10/25, District of Connecticut, assigned to Judge Alvin W. Thompson, 3:2012cv01522.