It seems to be official - Apple is being sued over easily scratched iPod Nanos.

According to Apple Insider, a group in the us led by Jason Tomczak and his legal dream team filed a class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California in San Jose on Wednesday. Here are a few details:

“The suit goes on to allege that the player’s screen “scratches so excessively that the items shown on the screen can no longer be viewed by the user. In fact, if users were to put their nanos in their pockets with common items such as coins, keys, a money clip, a credit card, or even the earphones that accompany the nano, the devices would likely scratch so badly that viewing the screens would be extremely difficult, if not impossible.”

Of course, the defendants lawyers are alleging a conspiracy theory on the part of Apple, implying that the iPod Nano maker was overzealous about it’s product launch to the point of knowing the Nanos were defective and that profits from the massive product launch and resulting sales would offset the costs of replacing the units for dissatisfied customers.

My opinion? Frivilous lawsuit. If your Nano doesn’t measure up get your money back and move on.

[Source: Apple Insider]