20 December 2011 | Author: C. Tate
HTC has been informed by the US International Trade Commission it is in violation of an Apple patent, with the Taiwan-based manufacturer given until 19 April 2012 to comply with the ruling or face its handsets from being banned from import into the USA.
The patent in question concerns a "system and method for performing an action on a structure in computer generated data". This could refer to a situation where a user clicks on a phone number in an email to make a call with the phone app.
Despite having been ruled against by the ITC, HTC considers the decision a tick in the win column.
"Since the infringing elements identified by the ITC involve and impact only a very minimal part of the user interface, we will remove it as soon as possible and sell non-infringing products," HTC said in a company statement.
Android handset manufacturers are currently being sued by Apple all over the world. The company challenged Samsung in Australia, the US and Europe over its Galaxy tablet computers and mobile phones. It is also suing Samsung in Germany over six other patents.
Samsung has retaliated in kind while launching a tablet that would feature adjustments in its design to avoid a ban imposed on them by German courts.
Android's creator, Google, is also being sued by BT in America over six patents. The search giant said the claims are "without merit" and will defend them vigorously in the courts. Oracle is also sued Google over its Android patents.
Apple beats HTC in US patent battle
HTC has been informed by the US International Trade Commission it is in violation of an Apple patent, with the Taiwan-based manufacturer given until 19 April 2012 to comply with the ruling or face its handsets from being banned from import into the USA.The patent in question concerns a "system and method for performing an action on a structure in computer generated data". This could refer to a situation where a user clicks on a phone number in an email to make a call with the phone app.
Despite having been ruled against by the ITC, HTC considers the decision a tick in the win column.
"Since the infringing elements identified by the ITC involve and impact only a very minimal part of the user interface, we will remove it as soon as possible and sell non-infringing products," HTC said in a company statement.
Android handset manufacturers are currently being sued by Apple all over the world. The company challenged Samsung in Australia, the US and Europe over its Galaxy tablet computers and mobile phones. It is also suing Samsung in Germany over six other patents.
Samsung has retaliated in kind while launching a tablet that would feature adjustments in its design to avoid a ban imposed on them by German courts.
Android's creator, Google, is also being sued by BT in America over six patents. The search giant said the claims are "without merit" and will defend them vigorously in the courts. Oracle is also sued Google over its Android patents.
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