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03.19.10 HTC Planning To Fight Apple Lawsuit, Issues Press Release  By John Vinson The battle for smartphone domination is heating up, and along with fighting for consumer dollars, the battle will also take place in a courtroom. Apple brought a lawsuit against HTC for violating many of it's patents, all of which are in regards to smartphone tech. Now, HTC has responded to the lawsuit by issuing a press release, stating they won't back down against Apple. HTC was founded in 1997, when it released the first Windows based PDA. In fact, according toHTC's press release they're responsible for many mobile firsts: - First Windows PDA (1998) - First Windows Phone (June 2002) - First 3G CDMA EVDO smartphone (October 2005) - First gesture-based smartphone (June 2007) - First Google Android smartphone (October 2008) - First 4G WIMAX smartphone (November 2008) Peter Chou, CEO of HTC stakes his claim against Apple's suit, "HTC disagrees with Apple's actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible." "From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA[i] and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition[ii], our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then." Apple's lawsuit calls for the prohibition of HTC to sell, market, or distribute handsets which violate their patents.This includes the HTC Nexus One, Hero, Dream, and myTouch. One of the patentsApple is suing over is the two-finger screen recognition. It's too early in the proceedings to tell what will happen. There's always a chance this will settle out of court. But with HTC's long record of innovative mobile technologies, they might end up fighting this out. One thing is for sure, the fight for the mobile world just got more interesting. There has yet to be word of Google's involvement in all of this. One would think they have a stake in this considering HTC develops the phones their platform runs on. About the Author: John is a staff writer for WebProNews. |
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