Apple has been hit with a lawsuit that accuses the company — along with several other tech giants and adult media publishers — with violating a DRM-related patent.

Apple earlier this month was named in a new patent infringement suit along with digital media heavyweights Microsoft, Blockbuster, Sony, and Macrovision, as well as adult content providers Playboy and Hustler.

The 11-page complaint, filed in the patent litigation-friendly district of Tyler, Texas, charges each of the firms with violating U.S. patent #6389541 for “Regulating Access to Digital Content,” which was issued to Digital Reg of Texas, LLC in May of 2002.

“Upon information and belief, Apple has infringed and continues to infringe the […] patent by making, using, providing, offering to sell, and selling (directly or through intermediaries), in this district and elsewhere in the United States, digital content incorporating DRM technology,” the suit claims. “Apple provides such content through its iTunes Music Store and its iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store. Apple further provides controlled access and play out of digital content incorporating DRM technology through its iTunes Player. Apple also provides controlled access of digital content through its FairPlay Platform.”

Digital Reg is seeking damages as a result of each defendant’s infringement, a permanent injunction barring the companies from further infringement, attorney’s fees, and an award of enhanced damages “up to and including trebling” those deemed suitable by the Court as a result of each company’s “willful and deliberate” actions.

Digital Reg is requesting a trial by jury.