Apple is once again targeted by a lawsuit that claims a technology the iPhone uses to surf the Web infringes on a patent filed by Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors. The lawsuit has been filed by EMG Technology LLC on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. EMG was founded by Gottfurcht and has just one employee. The suit alleges that the technology used by Apple’s iPhone to navigate and display some websites, designed for small phone screens infringes on a patent obtained last month by Gottfurcht and his co-inventors, patent that was assigned to EMG.

Apple maintains its decision to not talk about pending litigation, so Apple spokeswoman Susan Lundgren declined to comment on the lawsuit. It’s curious that companies like HTC, maker of the G1 Google phone, and Research in Motion (RIM), maker of the Blackberry, have not been sued by EMG, because they also produce devices that can display mobile websites. These mobile websites are essentially reformatted versions of ordinary websites, with their content manipulated to be easily viewed on tiny screens.

Another lawsuit Apple will be involved in refers to the fact that the iPhone 3G is not delivering on Apple’s promised capabilities. Therefore, Apple misled consumers about the high speed and other features available to users of its iPhone 3G. This suit was filed on November the 19th by an iPhone 3G user from San Diego, which seeks $5 million in restitution from Apple. Peter Keller, the user, says that the iPhone 3G suffers from poor performance and sluggish network speed, and that’s why Apple falsely advertised the smartphone’s capabilities. Even if Apple seems strong enough to win these lawsuits, it remains to be seen if they do in fact convince the court they’re right.