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HTC Ready For Apple Patent War

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-bad-apple dept.

chrb writes "The BBC have an interview with HTC CEO Peter Chou. Last week, a judge at the International Trade Commission found that HTC had violated two of Apple's patents. HTC shares fell 7% on the news. Chou predicts that HTC will win an appeal against the ITC finding in December. He also reveals that HTC is preparing to fight back; it will soon acquire an extra 235 patents from its takeover of S3 Graphics — including two that Apple has already been found guilty of infringing."

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  1. ...Huh. by JustAnotherIdiot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    While I do hope Apple loses this patent troll suit...

    "it will soon acquire an extra 235 patents from its takeover of S3 Graphics"

    ...I really hope HTC doesn't become tomorrow's patent troll.

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    What do I know, I'm just an idiot, right?
    1. Re:...Huh. by Nerdfest · · Score: 5, Interesting

      If you'd like to help out against Apple (on a different matter), the W3C is looking for prior art on a couple of Apple patents.

  2. Chess with patents? by Rambo+Tribble · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What a tangled game; what an impediment to society.