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Apple Patent War continues – this time with the poor HTC

Steve Jobs In a recent press release by Apple Inc., the Taiwanese leader in mobile manufacturing, HTC, is sued for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone’s user interface. These patents corresponds to architecture and hardware profiles of Apple’s iPhone.

The lawsuit was filed today (March 2, 2010) in U.S. Disctrict Court in Delaware and with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, has filed this lawsuit with confidence and claims that his technology and inventions are not available for stealing and he can not just sit back and watch this happening.

This is the second time Apple has filed a big lawsuit against a cellphone company, the first being Nokia. Not to forget that HTC is the largest manufacturer of Android phones. The lawsuit doest not really target Android handsets, but it is indeed a warning to all Android’s manufacturers. Why? Because Android phones like HTC’s touchscreen phones are very similar to the iPhone.

3G VoIP freedom on iPhone and Android phones is progressing, but Android’s capability of running background apps converts a cell phone in to a fully featured VoIP handset. Whereas, Apple’s iPhone and the latest iPad does not have the functionality of running background apps, rather informing the user with a push-notification that a call is coming via your VoIP app. With this new lawsuit greater pressure on Android market is expected, and so on the VoIP freedom.

Let’s see how far this battle goes on, and what remedies the global cellular market suggest to get the freedom of manufacturing touchscreen cell phones without fearing Apple.

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16 Responses to “Apple Patent War continues – this time with the poor HTC”

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    abu mosharouf hossain
    March 3, 2010 at 3:56 pm #

    not bad but good.

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