Taiwan-based MP3 manufacturer Luxpro has taken Apple to court, accusing the company of behaving as a monopoly in order to get to where it is today, Macworld reported last week.

Luxpro said Apple “sought to stamp out the competition using various schemes” and “has repeatedly used unfair tactics against other smaller manufacturers,” when addressing the United States District Court Western District of Arkansas.

Three years ago, the Taiwanese manufacturer revealed a device called the Super Shuffle at a CeBit tradeshow in Germany. Apple sued the firm and claimed that its product closely resembled the iPod shuffle, after which Luxpro renamed the device Super Tangent.

At the same time, Apple convinced a Taiwanese court to “enter a preliminary injunction that prohibited Luxpro from manufacturing, distributing and marketing any of its MP3 products,” according to Macworld. Luxpro won the case on appeal but the legal move might have prevented the company from obtaining significant market prospects. Luxpro also alleges that Apple pressured Luxpro's industry partners to stop them from teaming up with the firm.

Luxpro hopes to have a jury trial and to “punish” Apple's conduct and “to deter others from similar conduct.”