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HTC CEO describes Apple patent licensing estimated are outrageous, baseless and very, very wrong
A little over a week ago, HTC and Apple announced a 10-year joint patent licensing agreement which settled all legal disputed between the two companies. Terms of the agreement are confidential, but an industry analyst estimated that HTC would be paying Apple $6 to $8 for every Android phone that the
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Investors react favorably to HTC and Apple’s patent licensing agreement – stock rises 6.86 percent
Investors seem to agree that the HTC and Apple cross-licensing agreement which was announced late on Saturday is a good thing for HTC. The company’s stock price opened 6.86 percent (the maximum allowed on Taiwan’s stock exchange) higher this morning and maintained its gains throughout the day as the
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HTC and Apple agree to 10 year cross-licensing agreement, settle all patent disputes
HTC and Apple have announced that the two companies have settle all of their litigation with a ten-year licensing agreement. Complete details of the deal are confidential, but it looks like Apple and HTC will be spending a lot less money on legal fees over the next decade. The announcement by the
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HTC LTE patent could be used to block iPhone 5 from U.S. market
Apple may have won its case against Samsung, but that has not changed HTC’s resolve to battle things out with Apple and protect its intellectual property. In one of the many legal spats the two companies are tied up in, HTC is accusing Apple of infringing on one of its patents which they deem is…
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HTC goes back on the offensive – sues Apple with two newly acquired patents from HP
HTC has not had much luck in its perpetual legal battle against Apple, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped the company from finding new ways to keep things interesting. In a counterclaim filed in Florida courts, HTC has presented two new patents which they claim are infringed upon by Apple products. The two patents…
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ITC rules is Apple’s favor, HTC handset ban to go into effect on April 19
The International Trade Commission ruled yesterday that HTC handsets are indeed infrongign on Apple’s patent (#5,946,647) and has imposed a ban on HTC’s infringing handset which goes into effect on April 19, 2012. While the original patent dispute brought forth by Apple names phones like the HTC EVO 4G, HTC DROID Incredible, T-Mobile G2 and…
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Court ruling in Apple’s favor could force HTC to switch touch-sensor supplier
The maxTouch sensors from Atmel used by HTC may soon be replaced with similar products by Synaptics or Cypress Semiconductor. HTC may be forced to change its touch-sensor supplier based on a court ruling later this week. The issue is that Atmel’s sensors use “touch ITO pattern” technology which is very similar to some of…