While HTC may have lost a patent case in the U.S. market, things are looking a little more positive in Germany where HTC was granted an injunction against IPCom this week. Since early 2009, the two companies have been locked in legal battle over 3G patents which are held by IPCom. Here’s a little history [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

In the world of the technology giants, intellectual property is probably their most valuable asset. Age old patents, can come back to bite companies in the butt, but it seems to be the bread and butter of the smartphone industry. Microsoft make more off of their licensing agreements with companies like HTC and Samsung devices [...]

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. [...]