07/06/2010 Apple bites HTC in patent suit

Apple has filed a lawsuit against the Taiwanese High Tech Computer Corp (HTC), maker of Google’s Nexus One Phone. Apple is claiming that HTC has infringed 20 of its US patents.

Shift movement
The patents cover the technology used in the finger-swipe unlocking mechanisms for mobile phones (activated by a shift movement on the screen) and in its zoom functions. The HTC phones that use Google’s Android Operating System are also coming under fire.

No cribbing
‘We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours,’ Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs said in an interview with MIP magazine.