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Mar
2010
Apple Sues HTC for 20 Infringements
20 infringements –looks like Apple has been keeping a very close eye on HTC made technologies recently as the Apple lawsuit against the Taiwanese manufacturer racks up quite the long list.
No word has been released as to exactly which technologies are being put into question, though many already believe that this is simply a case of Apple being able to file a patent ahead of others. In many infringement cases, the manufacturers being sued are never really guilty of actually copying or stealing existing designs and technologies. More often than not, the technology in question would simply have an existing patent owned by some other group –in this case, Apple.
The practice of filing for patents without actually manufacturing or using the technology has been around for quite some time. This is usually done in advance in order for the patent maker to own rights to the technology while still accumulating funds to develop the patent. In some cases, patents are filed as a way to own a predicted upcoming technology. Though there are laws that require patent ownership to expire after a certain amount of time, the practice of sitting on a patent for a few years have paid off for many people.
Anyway, the ramifications of this lawsuit will no doubt be a simple hiccup in the flow of progress for both Apple and HTC as both companies have been in the industry long enough to easily weather such minor troubles –unless HTC did steal technology from Apple. According to Steve Jobs (Apple CEO); “We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”
Get to know more about the Apple and HTC lawsuit at Tech Radar.
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