Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement

[makapaaa]

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</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>March 2, 2010, 11.14 pm (Singapore time)

</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width=452 colSpan=2>Apple sues HTC for iPhone patent infringement

WASHINGTON - Apple announced on Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.

'We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it,' Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.
'We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours,' he said.
Apple accused HTC of infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the 'user interface, underlying architecture and hardware' of the iPhone.
The company, based in Cupertino, California, said the lawsuit was filed in a US District Court in the state of Delaware and with the US International Trade Commission.
Apple has sold more than 40 million iPhones since introducing the smartphone in 2007.
HTC makes handsets for a number of leading companies and is the manufacturer of the Nexus One unveiled by Apple rival Google in January.
Apple is currently being sued by Nokia for patent infringement and has countersued the Finnish mobile phone giant. -- AFP
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[singveld]

the first iphone which cost 650 us dollars was so innovative
that everyone copy it
apple have to sue a lot of people

i was attracted to the first iphone when i saw and hold it in usa
and bought one just to use in singapore
very nice shit

i was not impress with the present iphone
hopefully the new one will be innovative too

 

[longbow]

Did Apple do exactly the same thing and ended up paying Creative US$100M plus court and costs.




"'We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it,' Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said in a statement.
'We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours,' he said."