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HTC CFO suggests willingness to talk with Apple

by Dave Caolo (Jul 26th, 2011)

Winston Yung, chief financial officer of HTC Corp., said on Tuesday that his company is "...open to having discussions" with Apple about the patent battle both companies are currently navigating. "We have to sit down and figure it out," Yung told Bloomberg. Apple started the legal proceedings by ...

Google's Eric Schmidt claims Apple litigates, doesn't innovate

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th, 2011)

Google's Eric Schmidt spoke at a mobile conference in Tokyo and addressed HTC's early loss to Apple in a patent infringement case. Schmidt believes HTC will prevail and is "not too worried about this" case. He also added that Google will "make sure" HTC does not lose this case. Schmidt didn't ...

Is Apple's early win against HTC an unexpected bonus for Windows Phone?

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 19th, 2011)

Apple's early win in a patent infringement complaint against HTC sent shock waves through the Android world late last week. In response to this loss, some handset manufactures may turn away from Android and look towards the Windows Phone platform for future smartphones, says a report in the ...

HTC shares fall 6.5% after Apple patent ruling

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 18th, 2011)

HTC's shares fell 6.5% on Monday after a preliminary ruling by the ITC found the Taiwanese company infringed on two of Apple's patents. To stave off further damage, HTC will buy back 20 million of its own shares before September 17th. HTC's shares have fallen steadily in July over concerns ...

Apple gets partial win in HTC patent case

by Steven Sande (Jul 15th, 2011)

In breaking legal news this afternoon, CNET is reporting that Apple has won a partial victory in its patent suit against HTC. Patent expert Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents tweeted (above) that the result could be a ban on many or all HTC Android products from the U.S. market. The U.S. ...

Apple's chief patent lawyer Richard Lutton Jr. to leave the company

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Apple's Chief Patent lawyer will soon leave the company according to a report from Reuters. The reasons for the departure of Richard "Chip" Lutton Junior during a time of escalated legal battles over patent infringement is not known. B.J. Watrous, former deputy general counsel at ...

Apple looking to block sale of HTC devices with patent complaint

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 11th, 2011)

Apple has filed a second patent infringement complaint against Android handset maker HTC. The details on this second complaint are not yet available to the public so the patents at dispute are unknown. An earlier ITC complaint filed in March focused on patents for the iPhone UI, hardware and ...

HTC leveraging window before next iPhone release

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 10th, 2011)

HTC may top Apple as the #1 smartphone vendor in the US for the next few months, according to a report in DigiTimes. The Taiwanese handset maker is selling two new and popular Android models, the Thunderbolt for Verizon and the Inspire 4G for AT&T. At the same time, Apple is still offering ...

Microsoft hopes to invalidate Apple's "App Store" trademark in Europe too

by Michael Grothaus (May 12th, 2011)

Microsoft has filed a formal application for declaration of invalidity with the European Union's Community Trade Mark office over Apple's "App Store" trademark. The European declaration is a continuance of the Redmond company's campaign begun in the US in January. "App Store" is perhaps one of ...

Apple closing in on Nokia as world's top smartphone vendor

by Michael Grothaus (May 5th, 2011)

Research firm IDC has published the results from its most recent survey on smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2011. There are lots of interesting insights from the data, but most interesting of all is that Apple appears to be in the last leg of its runup to overtake Nokia as the ...

ITC rules in favor of HTC and Nokia in Apple infringement case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2011)

The ITC weighed in on the infringement complaint Apple filed against HTC and Nokia and decided the two handset manufacturers are not liable for infringing on Apple's patents. In the Monday hearing, Apple accused HTC of infringing on five Apple patents that focus on the "seamless integration of ...

Apple's mobile partner in China announces its own iPhone rival

by Dana Franklin (Mar 1st, 2011)

The parent company of China Unicom, Apple's sole partner for carrying the iPhone in China, revealed plans on Monday to release its own mobile computing platform. Dubbed "Wophone," the platform will compete directly with Apple's iOS and Google's Android. Last year, Apple partnered with China ...

Apple awarded patent for multi-touch gestures on electronic documents

by Michael Terretta (Jan 4th, 2011)

Today Patently Apple reports Apple has been granted another major multi-touch patent relating to e-docs. Remember the first time you saw an iPhone television ad, showing the iPhone in action? The touch gestures seemed effortless, magical, like nothing you'd ever seen. Skeptics insisted the TV ...

Patent Wars, Episode V: Apple Strikes Back

by Chris Rawson (Oct 31st, 2010)

It is a dark time for the smartphone market. Although the Blackberry has been destroyed, patent suits have driven handset makers from their hidden laboratories and pursued them across the galaxy. Evading the dreaded Motorola patent suits, a pair of new lawsuits led by six Apple Multi-Touch and OS ...

Apple is now the fourth-largest phone maker worldwide

by Dave Caolo (Oct 29th, 2010)

Well that was fast. In just three years, Apple has become the forth-largest phone maker worldwide. According to an IDC report, Apple moved into the 4th position in the 3rd quarter of 2010, overtaking competitor Research In Motion (RIM). As of IDC's report, the top vendors are, in order: Nokia ...