Apple Starts 'Nuclear War' in Patent Fight With HTC

Release Date 3 Mar, 2010 in BusinessWeek

 
   

Apple's Smartphone Rivalry with HTC Heats Up

BusinessWeek - Bruce Einhorn - 3 Mar, 2010
During last year's World Series, many US baseball fans had their first introduction to HTC, a Taiwanese company that makes smartphones. After years as an outsourcing specialist that focused on producing handsets and other electronic ...

Apple Starts 'Nuclear War' in Patent Fight With HTC

BusinessWeek - Susan Decker, Connie Guglielmo - 3 Mar, 2010
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007, he said Apple Inc. had applied for more than 200 patents for the device and was ready to enforce them. Now, Apple is putting those words into ...

Apple Couldn't Sue Google For Open Source Android

eWeek - 3 Mar, 2010
One of the prevailing theories behind why Apple is targeting HTC in a patent infringement suit that largely targets phones running Google's Android operating system is that, well, HTC made the phones. We can pontificate to our hearts' content about how ...

Apple patent case 'could affect all android phones'

BBC News - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple's legal action against HTC may have "wider implications" for all phone makers using Google's Android operating system, an analyst has warned. Ian Fogg of Forrester Research said that the case against HTC, in which Apple alleges infringement of 20 ...

Strain on HTC From Apple Suit Is Likely to Be Long-Term

New York Times - Jonathan Adams - 3 Mar, 2010
TAIPEI â€" Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC will not cause major problems for the Taiwan technology company in the short term, analysts said Wednesday. But it could strain its relations with partners in the crucial US market and test ...

Apple Asks Court To Ban Google Phones

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple on Tuesday asked the US International Trade Commission to block the importation into the country of HTC's Google Android-based mobile phones, including the Google-branded Nexus One. Apple asked the court for "a permanent ...

Apple Sues Maker of Google Phone

Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng, Nick Wingfield - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple Inc. launched a legal broadside against a key Google Inc. partner in the cellphone market, the latest sign of the escalating tensions between the two Silicon Valley companies. Apple alleged numerous patent ...

Eight Questions About Apple's Suit Against HTC

PC World - Harry McCracken - 3 Mar, 2010
Lawsuit over smartphone-related patents could be bad for consumers, bad for smartphone makers, and even bad for Apple, too. I'm not a reflexive enemy of the US patent system. But having spent the day mulling over Apple's lawsuit against HTC over ...

Apple's cold war with Google heats up

San Jose Mercury News - Troy Wolverton - 3 Mar, 2010
The iPhone maker on Tuesday announced what appears to be a proxy battle against Google in the form of a pair of legal complaints for patent infringement against Taiwan mobile phone manufacturer HTC, a Google partner. ...

Google backs HTC in what could be 'long and bloody battle' with Apple

Apple Insider - Neil Hughes - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple's patent lawsuit against handset maker HTC is predicted by one analyst to be a major clash between the two corporations, with Apple having better than 50-50 odds to come out victorious in protecting its iPhone-related inventions. ...

Where Android beats the iPhone

InfoWorld - Peter Wayner - 3 Mar, 2010
Can Google Android phones compete with the Apple iPhone? A few weeks ago, Google loaned me a Nexus One smartphone for experimentation, and I've spent the time since downloading applications and writing my own code. ...

Suit Could Pressure HTC

Wall Street Journal - Charmian Kok - 3 Mar, 2010
TAIPEIâ€"Apple Inc.'s patent infringement lawsuit against HTC Corp. could put additional pressure on the Taiwanese smart-phone maker, which has been struggling to compete against bigger rivals to sell smart phones to the mass market. ...

Apple goes after Google's Nexus One in patent actions

Computerworld - Gregg Keizer - 3 Mar, 2010
Computerworld - Apple on Tuesday took aim at Google's smartphone as it accused Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC, which makes Google's flagship Nexus One, of violating 20 of Apple's patents, some of which were issued in the mid-1990s. ...

Apple turns the flamethrower on Android

Register - Bill Ray - 3 Mar, 2010
Analysis The details of Apple's patent offensive are now public, and it's clear that while HTC is the target, it's Google's Android that has got Cupertino so annoyed. The patents on which Apple is claiming ...

Taiwan stocks end higher on financials; HTC falls

Reuters - Ralph Jennings, Jonathan Hopfner - 3 Mar, 2010
TAIPEI, March 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks rose 0.42 percent on Wednesday, joining gains across other Asian bourses on hopes for an end to Greece's debt problems, but smartphone maker HTC Corp (2498.TW) fell after a patent lawsuit by Apple Inc (AAPL.O). ...

Apple vs. HTC: What the experts say

CNNMoney.com (blog) - Philip Elmer-DeWitt - 3 Mar, 2010
On Tuesday morning, Apple (AAPL) announced that it had sued Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC for, in Steve Jobs' words, stealing Apple's patented technology. See Apple strikes back. By Tuesday afternoon, the experts had begun to weigh in, although few ...

Apple Targets Nexus One, Maybe Google in Lawsuit

Slippery Brick - Darrin Olson - 3 Mar, 2010
On Tuesday Apple filed complaints with both the US International Trade Commission and a federal court in Delaware seeking to stop the import, sales and use of some phones made by Taiwanese manufacturer HTC. The complaint suggests that HTC has infringed ...

Apple's Smartphone Battle Plan

BusinessWeek - Arik Hesseldahl - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple's attempt to block the import of smartphones made by HTC Corp. underscores the growing prominence of the International Trade Commission in settling patent disputes over smartphones, one of the fastest-growing areas in ...

Apple files patent lawsuit against HTC

Computerworld (blog) - 3 Mar, 2010
In today's podcast: Apple files patent lawsuit against HTC; EMC, Intel, VMware team up for cloud security; and AMD to be first with six-core desktop chips. Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit Tuesday against HTC, claiming that the Taiwanese ...

HTC Falls After Apple Seeks to Block Phones Imports Into US

BusinessWeek - Weiyi Lim - 3 Mar, 2010
March 3 (Bloomberg) -- HTC Corp. fell the most in three weeks in Taipei trading after Apple Inc., the maker of the iPhone, filed a patent-infringement complaint seeking to prevent HTC Corp. from importing mobile phones into the US that run ...

Apple's Fear Shows in Google Attack: Today's Outrage

TheStreet.com - Glenn Hall - 3 Mar, 2010
Google's(GOOG Quote) Android is proving to be enough of a threat to the iPhone that Apple is mounting a legal attack against HTC, the Taiwanese maker of Google's Nexus One and other Android phones. ...

Lawsuit stokes Apple, HTC fans' passion

CNET - Erica Ogg - 3 Mar, 2010
As Apple and HTC prepare to duke it out inside a courtroom, fans of both companies' smartphones are taking sides on the Web. The news of Apple's suing over 20 patents the iPhone maker claims are being infringed on by HTC was a trending ...

Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents

CNET - Marguerite Reardon - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
Apple is suing phone maker HTC and has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission, alleging that the Taiwanese company is infringing 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone. "We can sit by and watch competitors ...

Apple sues HTC--court filings

CNET - John Paczkowski - 3 Mar, 2010
Earlier this morning, Apple revealed that it had filed suit against smartphone manufacturer HTC, accusing it of infringing on 20 Apple patents tied to the iPhone. Named as exhibits in the litigation, a handful of Android ...

Apple-HTC Suit Cites Multitouch, Gesture Patent

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman, Sascha Segan - 3 Mar, 2010
Apple's suit against HTC covers ten patents, the majority of which involve technologies which apply to the iPhone, according to court filings. One involves the use of gestures, but only in a specific use case. ...

Apple sues HTC, maker of Google's Nexus One phone

Los Angeles Times - 3 Mar, 2010
Lawsuits filed by Apple Inc. on Tuesday against smart-phone maker HTC Corp. claim the Taiwan-based company infringed on 20 Apple patents associated with the popular iPhone. The lawsuits were filed with both the US International Trade Commission and the ...

Apple Sues HTC for over 20 Patent Infringements

Techtree.com - 3 Mar, 2010
After the Apple-Nokia showdown, Apple has filed a suit for about 20 Apple iPhone related patent infringements against HTC. This is something unusual as we don't get to see these things from a company like Apple that has been sued every other month over ...

Apple Sues Smartphone Maker HTC For Infringement

Wall Street Journal - Roger Cheng - 3 Mar, 2010
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Apple Inc. (AAPL) sued HTC Corp. (HTCXF, 2498.TW), which makes a number of smartphones using Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android mobile software, over alleged patent violations, representing the ...

Apple Sues Google Phone Maker HTC

InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - ‎Mar 2, 2010‎
Apple has filed lawsuits against HTC, claiming the manufacturer of the Google phone and other mobile devices infringed on patented technology used in the iPhone. Apple claims HTC, of Taiwan, infringed on 20 patents governing a range ...

CNET News Daily Podcast: Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents

CNET - Josh Lowensohn - 3 Mar, 2010
All's fair in love and war, but business is another story. Apple has unleashed its team of lawyers on HTC over an alleged infringement of 20 patents it holds for the iPhone. We also talk about Google's acquisition of photo editor ...

 

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