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UK judge orders HTC One mini injunction due to infringement of Nokia patents
Starting December 6th, HTC will no longer be allowed to import the HTC One mini into the UK. Judge Richard Arnold has ruled that several chips inside the device infringe on Nokia patents. HTC claims that the patents cover “a very small component” and is not significant enough to justify an import ban on the…
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HTC gets a patent for a dual-screen phone
Chances are this is a concept that HTC fans will never see come to life, but never-the-less our favorite mobile manufacturer submitted the paperwork for a patent involving a dual-screen designed, slider smartphone. Do you remember the dual-screen phone from a company called Kyocera? The phone seemed to draw a lot of attention, but it soon lost…
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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 design patent shows off slide-out stereo speaker concept
Even before HTC bought a 51 percent share of Beats Audio, the company was already hard at work, thinking of ways to give consumers a unique audio experience on their smartphones. A new HTC patent application has surfaced which depicts a media centric device which features both front and rear facing stereo speakers which can…
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Google publicly supports HTC in battle with Apple over patent disputes
HTC and Apple have been going head-to-head over various patent disputes for years. HTC has been bulking up its patent portfolio over the past few months and now it look like HTC has Google in its corner to lend a helping hand and make sure that HTC is not banned from selling Android powered devices…
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ITC judge rules that HTC did not infringe on imaging patents held by FlashPoint
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge ruled today that HTC’s products do not infringe on several digital-imaging patents held by FlashPoint. The patent dispute focused on technology which was developed and patented by FlashPoint which controls the way a digital camera operates, including the control lens focusing, flash, image rotation based on camera orientation, and…
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U.S. International Trade Commission could bar HTC sales in U.S. Market
The patent dispute between Apple and HTC seems to be heating up a bit. Apple is now bringing their complain before the U.S. International Trade Commission since they plain that HTC’s infringements violate the Tariff Act of 1930: “importation into the United States and sale of certain personal data and mobile communications devices and related…