Apple Wins Patent Case Against HTC

Infringement Ruling Bad News for HTC

The U.S. International Trade Commission handed Apple a small victory when it ruled that HTC infringed on two of the company’s patents. The judgment is a turning point in a dispute between the two companies that began when Apple filed a complaint in March of last year.

The decision will certainly hurt HTC, which has built out various features in its phones surrounding the patented multimedia processing and data detection technologies in question. Other Android phone makers may also have cause for concern, as a now relatively common feature, being able to dial a phone number from an e-mail message, comes under the patent infringement ruling.

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