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Apple Sues HTC Again Over iPhone Patent Infringement
July 13, 2010 – Apple has long been involved in patent infringement battles regarding its iPhone, iTouch and iPad devices. It began with the lawsuit from Nokia, claiming patent infringement which Apple responded to with a countersuit, starting a back-and-forth string of lawsuits and complaints. After this, Apple filed suit against fellow smartphone maker HTC for 20 counts of patent infringement.
This first HTC suit came about in March of this year, wherein Apple filed a complaint with both the U.S. District Court in Delaware and with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The suit involved more than 700 pages of exhibits and called out nearly every HTC product that was on the market in the prior 18 months.
HTC has responded with a lawsuit of their own, and now Apple has filed a second lawsuit with an additional 4 counts of patent infringement for patents relating to smartphones and other mobile devices. This brings Apple into two tug-of-war lawsuits, both involving requests for import bans on both sides.
The focus of this current lawsuit is on the specific sliding movement used to unlock the touch screen, a feature also found on some HTC models. The claims also state HTC violated a power management patent and a “system for real-time adaption to changes in display configuration.”
The lawsuits with HTC and Nokia are still pending.
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