Apple Sues HTC for iPhone Patent Infringement

March 2, 2010
Steve Jobs says 'competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.'

Apple announced on March 2 that it had filed a lawsuit against HTC, maker of the Nexus One smartphone from Google, accusing the Taiwan company of infringing on 20 iPhone patents.

"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it," said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. "We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

Apple accused HTC of infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the "user interface, underlying architecture and hardware" of the iPhone. HTC makes handsets for a number of leading companies and is the manufacturer of the Nexus One unveiled by Apple rival Google in January.

The company, based in Cupertino, Calif., said the lawsuit was filed in a U.S. District Court in the state of Delaware and with the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Apple has sold more than 40 million iPhones since introducing the smartphone in 2007.

Apple is currently being sued by Nokia for patent infringement and has countersued the Finnish mobile phone giant.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2010

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