Apple sues HTC for infringing 20 Patents...

[greeced]

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.

[twe90kid]

here's a nice link to read about. it has all the details and graphs of each patent that apple is suing HTC for:

http://gizmodo.com/5483689/the-apple...ntent=FaceBook

also the funny thing is, why is the lawsuit coming right now? one month before HTC release the HD2 on tmobile? Does that mean T-mobile will be postponing release of HD2 because of violation to the lawsuit?

as for locking using slide gestures. i think the creator of s2u2 should definitely pull his software off the web before he get's sued too. oh and i think i read somewhere that apple is going after andriod because they dislike google, but HTC was caught in the mess because they create the best/most andriod phones

[Maxx134]

Apple position is surprising.
An obvious move of jelousy and cry baby tactics, feeling paraniod(because of android) by better small companies.
Such sore losers they dont care that they were also once a smaller company.
Now they are a worse bully than M$ ever was.
When will buyers finnally see how controling and manipulative the are?

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by Maxx134

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Such sore losers they dont care that they were also once a smaller company.
Now they are a worse bully than M$ ever was.

I don't really see much difference between the two myself.

MS & Apple are both trying to defend monopolies, I don't think ones any worse than the other.......

~John

[pmeunier]

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My smart phone and myself know that what counts in this war is not the ho-hum of sameness, the set registry, nor the app store they visit. We know that it is the customizations that count. We will customize...
My smart phone is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its tweaks and its hacks. I will keep my smart phone clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before God I swear this creed. My smart phone and myself are the defenders of competition. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is the consumers and there is no enemy, but Peace.

[p-slim]

Finally we hear from Google, and their backing HTC 100% (obviously)

http://i.engadget.com/2010/03/03/goo...ehind-our-and/

[chardog]

when you cant innovate, litigate. I'm a software engineer, and I've looked at M$ and apple patents before, and their sole purpose is for monopolistic reasons.

[Cicatrize]

It will be interesting to see if Google will allow its Maps application on the next generation of iPhone.

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by Cicatrize

It will be interesting to see if Google will allow its Maps application on the next generation of iPhone.

I don't think so. M$ and Apple are looking to make bing the search and map app on the iphone.

[Cicatrize]

Originally Posted by p-slim

I don't think so. M$ and Apple are looking to make bing the search and map app on the iphone.

What's next? Safari for WM?