Apple iPhone intellectual property war!

July 19, 2011
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

HTC Corp. is a one of the largest Android phone-makers in the world.

American multinational corporation Apple, Inc. is accusing HTC Corp. of infringing on 10 of its patented inventions regarding the iPhone.

Judge Carl Charneski from the U.S. International Trade Commission panel ruled that HTC Corp. violated 2 of those patents, namely:

1. U.S. Patent No. 6,343,263: – A data transmission system having a real-time data engine for processing isochronous streams of data includes an interface device that provides a physical and logical connection of a computer to any one or more of a variety of different types of data networks.
2. U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647: – A system and method causes a computer to detect and perform actions on structures identified in computer data.

This lawsuit could result in the ban on imports of Android phones to the U.S. and if the ITC grants Apple‘s request for a preliminary injunction, possibly all Android handset imports could be stopped.

Another Android handset maker Motorola Solutions Inc. is also fighting Apple, Inc. in court claiming twelve of its patents are illegal. Motorola Solutions Inc. and Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. are also being sued by Apple, Inc. on similar patent infringements.

Apple, Inc. is expected to refuse licensing and ban HTC Android handsets from the U.S, if it wins.

Guilty verdicts against HTC Corp, Motorola Solutions Inc, and Samsung Electronics Comp could amount to the death of the Android operating system.