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Being first in-line to the patent office does not necessarily mean you own or invented the technology.

It just means you decided to file first and patent offices didn't do their diligence to ensure this technology wasn't elsewhere.

HTC has a lot of power behind it. The Goliath Google has already pushed their support behind them, no doubt Microsoft will be doing the same.

There are tons of patents Apple has infringed on here, and I'm sure that will be brought up in court.

Apple is not the little guy anymore, and Apple needs to reel itself back in. For years they flew under the radar... but they are becoming bullies just like Microsoft has/continues to be. The court doesn't like that and those Monopoly suits the government has tastes for will surely come out.

At the end of this, Apple will be made to look stupid, and may end up having to pull its own phone off the market if HTC gets a group of companies together to countersue Apple on their own patents.

Apple doesn't realize they've just pushed the button to self-destruct.