BREAKING..HTC Sues Apple Using Patents Obtained From Google Last Week
By Phil Milford and Susan Decker - Sep 7, 2011 2:59 PM CT
bloomberg.com
HTC Corp. (2498), Asia’s second-biggest maker of smartphones, filed infringement claims against Apple Inc. (AAPL) today, using patents obtained from Google Inc. (GOOG) last week.
The nine patents originated with Palm Inc., Motorola Inc. and Openwave Systems Inc., with Google taking ownership within the past year, according to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records. Mountain View, California-based Google recorded transfer of the patents to HTC on Sept. 1, according to the agency’s website.
HTC sued Apple today in federal court in Delaware, claiming infringement of four of those patents that originally were issued to Motorola. Taoyuan, Taiwan-based HTC also amended a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, alleging infringement of three patents first issued to Openwave and two others originally owned by Palm.
Apple, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, has filed patent cases against handset makers using Google’s Android operating system, including Samsung Electronics Co., Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and HTC.
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