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The drama continues as HTC sues Apple over 3 patents
Can you remember a more litigious period in tech history? We sure can’t, and things sure got a lot more interesting when Google announced yesterday its plans to acquire Motorola Mobility, no doubt fueled by its desire to shore up its anemic patent portfolio and to better defend its Android OS. On another Android related [...]
Continue reading...ITC agrees to look into Apple’s second complaint against HTC
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Apple continues to put the screws on Android as the International Trade Commission (ITC) announced yesterday that they have agreed to investigate yet another one of Apple’s complaints against HTC for allegedly using Apple’s patented technology in their Android-based handsets. The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain portable [...]
Continue reading...HTC takes Apple to court in the UK
Monday, August 1, 2011
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Following it’s recent ITC loss to Apple, HTC on July 29th filed a new lawsuit against Apple in the UK. Bloomberg was first to report the news though details regarding the nature of the lawsuit remain unknown. Apple, based in Cupertino, California, asked the ITC in March 2010 to block imports of HTC phones, alleging [...]
Continue reading...ITC says OS X violates 2 patents owned by HTC-owned S3
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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By David Goldman: Apple in early 2010 filed a number of legal actions against HTC claiming that their Android handsets employed technologies patented and owned by Apple. Apple’s HTC lawsuit, not to mention it’s ongoing suits with Samsung and Motorola, is undeniably aimed at stalling the tremendous growth of Android which, if you believe Google [...]
Continue reading...HTC willing to strike patent deal with Apple
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall after the ITC found HTC handsets to infringe on a number of Apple patents, the Taiwanese based handset manufacturer has expressed a willingness to strike up a licensing agreement with Apple. In a telephone interview with Bloomberg today, HTC’s CFO Winston Yung explained, “We have to sit down [...]
Continue reading...HTC Chief Innovation Officer Horace Luke resigns for personal reasons
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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Though seemingly unrelated to Apple’s recent ITC victory over HTC wherein they determined HTC’s hansdsets do infringe upon various claims in Apple patents, HTC’s Chief Innovation Officer has decided to leave the company for personal reasons. BGR reports: Horace nurtured a culture of innovation at HTC and instilled a strong consumer design-focus among our employees [...]
Continue reading...Analyst says Apple to extract high royalty rates from HTC, but he misses the point
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Well, you can’t expect analysts to know everything – and in some cases anything at all. Mike Abramsky from RBC Capital Markets falls somewhere in the middle I suppose. Recently, Abramsky issued a note to investors writing that Apple’s ITC victory over HTC last week regarding two patent claims may set a high bar for [...]
Continue reading...Apple goes after HTC again
Monday, July 11, 2011
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BGR reports: Apple on Monday filed a new patent complaint with the International Trade Commission looking to block the sale of several HTC devices it claims infringe on Apple patents, Bloomberg reports. Apple recently filed a similar complaint with the ITC looking to block the sale of several Samsung smartphones and tablets that Apple feels [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft extracts $5 licensing fee per Android device from HTC
Monday, May 30, 2011
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It’s no secret that Microsoft is looking to put up the good fight against Android by going after the hardware manufacturers that put it on their devices – which explains why Redmond thus far has gone after the likes of Motorola, Barnes and Noble, and HTC. HTC, however, was quick to strike a licensing deal [...]
Continue reading...HTC harnesses Apple PR as it responds to user complaints re: death grip
Monday, December 6, 2010
“And just when I thought I was out.. they pull me back in.” Jeez, the day where we stop talking about signal attenuation in cell phones can’t come soon enough. At least time around it’s not Apple we’re talking about, but rather HTC. In response to a number of YouTube videos complaining that the HTC [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone, just don’t drop it!
Monday, November 15, 2010
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SquareTrade is an independent US provider of warranties who recently compiled data from over 50,000 incidents of smartphone failure reports. As laid out in the chart below, the iPhone 4 has the lowest percentage of reported non-accident related malfunctions, coming in at just 2.1%. The iPhone 3GS lags slightly behind comprising 2.3% of reported malfunctions. [...]
Continue reading...HTC has no plans to enter the tablet business for the time being
Monday, July 12, 2010
Despite the fact that the iPad continues to sell like Lebron James jerseys in Miami, HTC currently has no plan to release a tablet device of their own. Speaking to Pocket-lint, HTC’s global PR and online community manager Eric Lin explained that there are currently far to many companies looking to cash in on the [...]
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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