HTC sued by Apple Because Nexus One Considered to Imitate the iPhone

Apple Inc. re-engaged in open war patent disputes. This time, smart phone manufacturer (smartphones) iPhone from the United States (U.S.) is suing Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, HTC Corp..

Earlier, in mid-October 2009, Apple gave each other a lawsuit in court with Nokia, mobile phone manufacturers (mobile) from Finland. The issue is also about the iPhone device patents.

Apple entered the HTC claims to the Federal Court in Wilmington, Delware and the International Trade Commission (ITC) or the U.S. International Trade Commission, Tuesday (2/3/2010). In his complaint, accused Apple of stealing the HTC touch screen technology aka touch-screen and a few other features that Apple produced.


There are approximately 20 violations of patent rights to the HTC sued by Apple. Among these, the user interface technology, architecture, and the iPhone hardware. The product is claimed cheating HTC iPhone is Nexus One, G1, and MyTouch3G. Everything wore Android operating system Google.

Steve Jobs, Apple's Chief Executive Officer, stated, HTC sue Apple because the company is headquartered in Taoyuan, Taiwan, it violated the patent. "We think competition should be healthy. Competitors must create their own original technology, do not steal from us," said Jobs.

Of course, HTC's deflect accusations. "We not only have a value of patents and their enforcement, but also committed to maintaining their own technological innovation," said Keith Nowak, spokesman at the U.S. HTC.

HTC Management lawsuit claims Apple has not learned. "We have not had time to investigate the claim. So, we can not comment on the validity of the claims made by Apple to the media," said Linda Mills, HTC Spokesperson in Taoyuan.

Some analysts assess, Apple's lawsuit against HTC indirectly aimed at attacking the Internet company Google that has helped HTC to provide tools for competing with Apple. "I think this is not a direct lawsuit against Google," said Kaufman Bros., analyst Shaw Wu, Taiwan.