A pair days ago, the US International Trade Commission (ITC)Â determined Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC infringes on 2 out of 10 Apple patents. This has resulted in possibleness unrest for the future of HTC’s Android smartphone offerings, and has caused HTC’s have price to dip to a six month low, descending more than 5% in primeval weekday farewell trading. The consort also issued a buyback of 20 million shares, to verify place by September, a clew of certainty to show its investors.
The ITC module review the final decision, and if it relic country HTC did infact infringe on digit Apple patents, HTC Android-based smartphone imports could be illegal by the USA.
Apple also filed a ordinal papers infringement case against HTC on July 11th, and this added push could result in HTC either sinking out of court with Apple, or licensing the patents at stake, but the latter seems implausible according to FOSSpatents.
According to Yuanta Securities via the WSJ:
HTC could encounter structure to road the patents Apple says it infringed on, but developing the profession module verify instance and could involve performance compromises. The concern added that in a worst-case scenario, HTC would likely settle with Apple, directive to accumulated costs as the consort could clear royalty fees of around US$3 per figure to Apple.
This is a Brobdingnagian win for Apple, and could change the future of Android smartphones. However, presented the numerous lawsuits Apple is geared in with others, such as Samsung, the legal battles to protect its patents are farther from over.
[Reuters]
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