Tag: itc

  • U.S. Customs delay takes its toll – HTC cuts Q2 sales target by 13.3 percent

    U.S. Customs delay takes its toll – HTC cuts Q2 sales target by 13.3 percent

    HTC can’t seem to catch a break these days. Back in April, HTC expected second quarter revenues to reach T$105 billion ($3.56 billion), beating analysts’ expectations by 3.5 percent. Unfortunately, slower than expected sales in Europe and the U.S. market has forced HTC to revise its earnings estimate for the second quarter, knocking down its projections to T$91…

  • All HTC devices clear U.S. customs inspections – found to be in compliance with ITC ruling

    All HTC devices clear U.S. customs inspections – found to be in compliance with ITC ruling

    After a short delay for a U.S. Customs inspections, HTC handsets have been cleared for entry into the U.S. The inspection was brought on by the enforcement of an exclusion order which was handed out by the ITC when HTC was found to infringe on an Apple owned patent. The exclusion order applies to all…

  • HTC handsets make it through U.S. Customs inspections

    HTC handsets make it through U.S. Customs inspections

    HTC released a statement to the Taiwan Stock Exchange, stating that multiple HTC handsets have passed the U.S. Customs inspections and are currently making their way to carriers for distribution and will most likely soon be in the hands of consumers. Unfortunately, HTC’s statement raises more questions than it really answers. HTC’s previous statements indicated that…

  • HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE US imports blocked by the International Trade Commission

    HTC One X and EVO 4G LTE US imports blocked by the International Trade Commission

    HTC’s comeback story for 2012 might be a little rougher than we originally expected. We have just learned that the International Trade Commission has indefinitely blocked imports of Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G and AT&T’s HTC One X. The import block stems from an ITC ruling in December which found certain HTC devices infringe on Apple patent #5,946,647 which…

  • ITC rules is Apple’s favor, HTC handset ban to go into effect on April 19

    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…

  • ITC sides with HTC in FlashPoint camera patent dispute

    ITC sides with HTC in FlashPoint camera patent dispute

    The US International Trade Commission issued its final ruling in the FlashPoint patent dispute case, siding with HTC.  According to the court documents, the trade commission did not find that any of HTC’s Android or Windows Phone 7 handsets infringe on FlashPoint’s 769 patent. FlashPoint filed its initial dispute against HTC with the ITC back…

  • HTC gets served with second ITC patent complaint by Apple

    While HTC may be well on its way to sorting out the locked bootloader issue to make their customers happy, it looks like things are getting a bit tougher for HTC’s lawyers there days.  HTC has been slapped with another lawsuit from Apple which has files another ITC complaint, asking the courts to block U.S.…