nsane.forums Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Apple has been sending out the lawyers left right and center recently, suing various mobile manufacturers for patent infringements, but focusing on HTC and Samsung specifically. According to the AFP, Apple filed yet another complaint against HTC with the US International Trade Commission, on top of it's previous complaints. On top of this, they have filed a suit in the US District Court in Delaware. It's not clear what the lawsuit is about in this instance, but other lawsuits between Samsung and Apple have been because Samsung allegedly has been "copying the clean flat clear surface of the Apple iPhone Trade Dress and the Apple iPhone/iPhone 3G/iPhone 4 Trade Dress." Apple has also previously sued HTC citing that the company infringed on at least 20 of its patents, and that HTC Sense was a copy of Apples interface. At least one of the patents referenced "Unlocking A Device By Performing Gestures On An Unlock Image." HTC responded to this new threat on Monday with Grace Lei, HTC General Counsel stating that "HTC is disappointed at Apple's constant attempts at litigations instead of competing fairly in the market [and] HTC strongly denies all infringement claims raised by Apple in the past and present and reiterates our determination and commitment to protect our intellectual property rights." It'll be interesting to see how this one plays out, as always patent lawsuits can take a long time to develop, we'll keep you posted if anything comes of this. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 13, 2011 Administrator Share Posted July 13, 2011 Nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioActive Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 This is just lame, Apple is acting like a child that someone took his toy away. Apple's phone aren't bad but they are way over-hyped not to mention overpriced! Instead of whining they should significantly drop their prices and/or come up with something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 This is just lame, Apple is acting like a child that someone took his toy away. Apple's phone aren't bad but they are way over-hyped not to mention overpriced! Instead of whining they should significantly drop their prices and/or come up with something better.Agreed! HTC FTW! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KotaXor Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Nowadays, everyone is copying each other.Never end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted July 19, 2011 Administrator Share Posted July 19, 2011 Google's Eric Schmidt: Apple, other competitors not innovative; they just sue Former CEO and current Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt has some harsh words for competitors who have been suing the company: you're not innovative, you just sue because of our successes. Speaking at the Mobile Revolution Conference in Tokyo, the comment comes after the International Trade Commision's ruling that HTC infringed on two of Apple's patents. If upheld, HTC and other Android phone makers would be required to pay royalties to Apple. But if so, Apple would only be one of several companies targeting Google's Android system, a list that includes Oracle and Microsoft. HTC struck a patent licensing deal with Microsoft in 2010; details of their arrangement were made public this year. "We have seen an explosion of Android devices entering the market and, because of our successes, competitors are responding with lawsuits as they cannot respond with innovations," Eric Schmidt said according to ZDNet. "I'm not too worried about this." So much so that Schmidt stated they would back up HTC against Apple's lawsuit and was confident that they will win, despite all recent rulings and HTC's aforementioned patent deal with Microsoft. Schmidt declined to go into further detail about how Google would be helping HTC out during litigation. When asked if the company would provide financial help should HTC lose, he responded: "We will make sure they don't lose, then." View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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