Apple Goes After HTC In Lawsuit Over 20 iPhone Patents

Apple is using its strong patent portfolio to fight iPhone competitors in court. Its latest target is HTC. Apple has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the cell phone manufacturer. The suit involves “20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture and hardware.” Steve Jobs is quoted in a press release saying: “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”

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Apple Goes After HTC In Lawsuit Over 20 iPhone Patents

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Posted by Kevin Huffman on Mar 2 2010. Filed under Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.