Design World

  • Home
  • Technologies
    • 3D CAD
    • Electronics • electrical
    • Fastening & Joining
    • Factory automation
    • Linear Motion
    • Motion Control
    • Test & Measurement
    • Sensors
    • Fluid power
  • Learn
    • Ebooks / Tech Tips
    • Engineering Week
    • Future of Design Engineering
    • MC² Motion Control Classrooms
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
  • LEAP AWARDS
  • Leadership
    • 2022 Voting
    • 2021 Winners
  • Design Guide Library
  • Resources
    • 3D Cad Models
      • PARTsolutions
      • TraceParts
    • Digital Issues
      • Design World
      • EE World
    • Women in Engineering
  • Supplier Listings

HTC Lobs New ITC Complaint at Apple

By atesmeh | August 17, 2011

Share

HTC fired off another shot yesterday in its ongoing legal tussle with Apple over patents used in its Android-based smartphones, when it filed a new patent infringement complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

The suit alleges that Apple’s Mac computers, as well as its iPhone, iPad and iPod products, violated three of HTC’s patents.

The patents at issue, U.S.  Patent Nos. 7,417,944, and 7,672,219 and 7,765,414, cover Wi-Fi networking capabilities for multiple devices and technology that integrates the functions of a personal digital assistant with a cell phone.

“This is the 3rd case before the ITC in which Apple is infringing our intellectual property,” HTC general counsel Grace Lei said in a statement. “Apple needs to stop its infringement of our patented inventions in its products.”

Apple could not be immediately reached for comment.

Apple first sued HTC last year over 10 patents, setting off an escalating legal spat that has spread to the United Kingdom, where HTC filed a complaint against Apple in late July.

HTC’s latest legal salvo comes one month after the ITC ruled that it had violated two of Apple’s patents. HTC has vowed to appeal the ruling.

HTC and Apple are both fighting a number of other legal battles over patents used in their respective wireless devices. Apple recently scored a victory over Samsung in Germany, where a court granted an injunction against the company’s Android-based Galaxy Tab tablet.

Patents have become progressively more important to stakeholders in the wireless industry amid increasingly aggressive litigation over intellectual property. Patents were a key factor in Google’s recent $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, announced Monday.


Filed Under: Industry regulations

 

Related Articles Read More >

ids-industrial-camera-manufacturer.sustainability-3
IDS focuses on sustainability in shipping
Part 5: Motion control + MQTT, OPC-UA, and other protocols for cloud services
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Calls for More Outside Regulation
Musk’s Boring Company Calls it Quits on LA Tunnel, Instead Focuses on Hyperloop

DESIGN GUIDE LIBRARY

“motion

Enews Sign Up

Motion Control Classroom

Design World Digital Edition

cover

Browse the most current issue of Design World and back issues in an easy to use high quality format. Clip, share and download with the leading design engineering magazine today.

EDABoard the Forum for Electronics

Top global problem solving EE forum covering Microcontrollers, DSP, Networking, Analog and Digital Design, RF, Power Electronics, PCB Routing and much more

EDABoard: Forum for electronics

Sponsored Content

  • Renishaw next-generation FORTiS™ enclosed linear encoders offer enhanced metrology and reliability for machine tools
  • WAGO’s smartDESIGNER Online Provides Seamless Progression for Projects
  • Epoxy Certified for UL 1203 Standard
  • The Importance of Industrial Cable Resistance to Chemicals and Oils
  • Optimize, streamline and increase production capacity with pallet-handling conveyor systems
  • Global supply needs drive increased manufacturing footprint development

Design World Podcasts

June 12, 2022
How to avoid over engineering a part
See More >
Engineering Exchange

The Engineering Exchange is a global educational networking community for engineers.

Connect, share, and learn today »

Design World
  • Advertising
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Manage your Design World Subscription
  • Subscribe
  • Design World Digital Network
  • Engineering White Papers
  • LEAP AWARDS

Copyright © 2022 WTWH Media LLC. All Rights Reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of WTWH Media
Privacy Policy | Advertising | About Us

Search Design World

  • Home
  • Technologies
    • 3D CAD
    • Electronics • electrical
    • Fastening & Joining
    • Factory automation
    • Linear Motion
    • Motion Control
    • Test & Measurement
    • Sensors
    • Fluid power
  • Learn
    • Ebooks / Tech Tips
    • Engineering Week
    • Future of Design Engineering
    • MC² Motion Control Classrooms
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Webinars
  • LEAP AWARDS
  • Leadership
    • 2022 Voting
    • 2021 Winners
  • Design Guide Library
  • Resources
    • 3D Cad Models
      • PARTsolutions
      • TraceParts
    • Digital Issues
      • Design World
      • EE World
    • Women in Engineering
  • Supplier Listings