Apple Lawsuit – HTC ‘chess board’ were overturned
ICTnews – International Trade Commission United States has ruled: The patent S3 (owned by HTC) was used without play on Apple’s Mac computers.
According to the announcement made on Bloomberg, patented S3, which is owned by Fremont – imaging technology company in California, was the phone manufacturer HTC (Taiwan) bought for $ 300 million. It is considered as an attempt by phone companies Android platform in the battle with Apple patents.
Judge James Gildea of the ITC ruled two patents S3 has been illegally used on Mac OS X and also noted the case of Nvidia graphics chip on a Mac has license to use patents, within the limitsApple’s power. If the ruling is upheld by a panel of six members of the ITC, it will affect the import of the Mac in the U.S. market, more serious, Mac may be banned completely.
However, the ITC also announced other products such as Apple’s iPhone, iPod and iPad not infringe the patent S3, discourage hopes of HTC in the attempt to reduce Apple claims related to patent services smartphone.
ITC partially HTC’s Android phone has violated two patents of Apple, which can lead to a ban on imports HTC. Also, Apple is suing a completely new to the ITC on HTC Flyer tablet.
Apple Event Flyer HTC also violate the patent.
Declaration of violation of specified technologies HTC violation is part of the Android architecture, not the improvement of the HTC.Therefore, the Android phone providers such as Motorola and Samsung will also be in danger.
HTC and Apple continue to negotiate and settle the matter, as CFO HTC – Winston Yung mentioned in the report. Earlier, Mr Yung also mentioned about the two companies should “sit back and settle.” At the same time, lawyers of the HTC Grace Lei complained to the press “HTC disappointed with the continuous efforts of Apple’s claims instead of fair competition in the market” and “HTC firmly denied the claims violations from Apple in the past and present. ”
Last week, senior Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets emphasized Apple is asking for patent fees higher on every Android device, equal to or more than what Microsoft had obtained from the HTC Android device.
A series of charges imposed on producers Android may lead to the cost of producing the free software in the long run more expensive product development available. The producers receive different licensed from Samsung to Motorola’s Android, are to be developed independent of outside Android software as a guarantee.
Two telephone company’s fastest-growing Android China – Huawei and ZTE, has given notice beginning to appreciate the capabilities of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 7, refers to at least use Microsoft products more secure and Android.
The business phone is HTC’s Android ground encroached by the smaller manufacturers are not “looking dom” by Apple’s legal efforts to protect their intellectual property.
Hai Lam
According to AppleInsider
