Apple Wins Injunction Banning Import of HTC Devices

Posted by Unknown on Monday December 19, 2011 @12:09PM from the apple-knows-best dept.

Newly accepted submitter squish18 writes "All Things D reports that Apple has won an injunction banning the import of some HTC phones starting in April 2012. The ruling by the ITC stems from two claims of the '647 patent concerning software used to enter personal data in mobile devices. It is interesting to note that the ITC has also reversed previous rulings regarding regarding infringement of two other '647 claims, as well as patent '263 claims." It looks like Apple's victory is relatively minor. They lost claims on all patents except for one, and HTC/Google can work on implementing similar functionality in a non-infringing way.

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USPTO in bed with Apple? by viperidaenz · 2011-12-19 13:00 · Score: 4, Interesting

uspto.gov requries the use of Apple Quicktime to view images. Whats wrong with gif, jpg, png...
Re:Evil Monopoly by Solandri · 2011-12-19 18:37 · Score: 4, Interesting

Say what you want about Apple, they *do* spend billions researching new technology.
Apple is pretty close to the bottom of the barrel when it comes to R&D spending by tech companies in recent years. I think this is part of the reason they so irk technology enthusiasts. We don't like having proof that marketing > technology rubbed in our faces.