Federal Trade Commission accepts HTC patent lawsuit against Apple

Federal Trade Commission accepts HTC patent lawsuit against Apple

The IT group must be based on an Apple patent application for a competitor HTC investigation of the Washington International Trade Commission (ITC) set. The U.S. authorities on Tuesday officially launched an investigation, as it said in a statement. The ITC can prohibit the importation of equipment in the U.S., but their investigations often last longer than one year.

So HTC opened in the ongoing patent battle since early 2010, with Apple yet another front. The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer and tablet was more recently on the defensive. Among other things, the ITC was in July came to the preliminary conclusion that HTC had violated two Apple patents. However, came shortly after his partner in the Google Android operating system to help: The Internet service sold [4] HTC several patents. The Taiwanese supplemented so that their complaints against Apple. When it comes to patents, including the display of information on the screen of mobile devices.

The dispute between Apple and HTC is part of a worldwide patent litigation in the mobile industry. Particularly intense is the current conflict between Apple and Samsung, who accuse each other plagiarism. Apple finally succeeded, the Samsung-Galaxy Tablet 10.1, an iPad competitors to stop in Germany.

With the sale of patents at Google HTC had first intervened directly in the conflict. The patents were originally made by different companies from Motorola to Palm landed, Google, and HTC were transferred to the end of August. HTC said that they had paid money for the patents. A sum was not disclosed.

Google sees Android as a victim of unfair attacks by competitors, patents, such as Apple or Microsoft. The 12.5 billion dollar takeover of Motorola's mobile phone division, according to the Internet should also strengthen the Group's patent arsenal behind Android.