• HTC tells Apple to try competing, rather than suing
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[QUOTE=AFP]TAIPEI — Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC on Tuesday dismissed fresh patent infringement claims by US giant Apple as the legal battle between the rivals escalated.Apple Monday filed a complaint against HTC with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) -- which is already reviewing three other disputes between the two -- over five cases linked to technology used in the iPad and iPhone. It has also lodged a suit in a US District Court in Delaware. "HTC is disappointed at Apple's constant attempts at litigations instead of competing fairly in the market," said HTC general counsel Grace Lei in a statement. "HTC strongly denies all infringement claims raised by Apple in the past and present and reiterates our determination and commitment to protect our intellectual property rights," she said. Shares in HTC closed limit-down seven percent at Tw$915.0 ($31.5) in the Taipei bourse. "Sentiment was hit by Apple's fresh legal action as well as heavy losses in the international and regional markets," said Alex Huang, an analyst at Mega International Investment Services. HTC touts its own brand of smartphones and also makes handsets for a number of leading US companies, including the Nexus One unveiled by Apple rival Google. Apple in March 2010 called on the ITC to investigate the Taiwan company over iPhone patents. That was followed months later by HTC filing for a probe into possible software patent abuse by the California-based firm. Patent lawsuits are a regular occurrence among technology giants and Apple is currently being sued by Nokia for patent infringement. Apple has fired back a countersuit against the Finnish mobile phone giant. And last week Apple hit back at an infringement claim by Samsung by calling for the South Korean company to be investigated. -- Dow Jones Newswires contributed to this story --[/QUOTE] Source: [URL="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQEcRq0b3NsphsnosB6IRmdxoQtg"]http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQEcRq0b3NsphsnosB6IRmdxoQtg T[/URL]hat's what Apple should had done to begin with.
Amazing, I'm glad they said what we were all thinking.
Nice going.
Hah, nice. Told em like it is
Is Apple still not feeling satisfied despite the fact that that their shitty iphone is already taken a large percentage of the market?
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;31089470]Is Apple still not feeling satisfied despite the fact that that their shitty iphone is already taken a large percentage of the market?[/QUOTE] Greed
[QUOTE=Chickens!;31089674]Greed[/QUOTE] Steve's manifest destiny is total global product control of the market. It does still strike me that when he dies, we still have no idea what the world will do.
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;31089470]Is Apple still not feeling satisfied despite the fact that that their shitty iphone is already taken a large percentage of the market?[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.t3.com/news/apple-ios-market-share-drops-as-android-continues-to-rise?=58429"]http://www.t3.com/news/apple-ios-market-share-drops-as-android-continues-to-rise?=58429 T[/URL]hat's probably why their annoyed at the moment, "Apple has seen its year-on-year share drop from 30.6 per cent to 18.3 per cent." A fair few companies would take the same actions if they saw that happening.
+respect for htc
[QUOTE=MIPS;31089761]Steve's manifest destiny is total global product control of the market. It does still strike me that when he dies, we still have no idea what the world will do.[/QUOTE] Just look at what happened the last time he left, once he eventualy does pass away, I seriously doubt Apple will maintain its temporary success.
Good, the more competition Apple has the harder they have to work, and the better the end product will be.
[QUOTE=Sourcream&onion;31089916]Good, the more competition Apple has the harder they have to work, and the better the end product will be.[/QUOTE] And the quicker/better product evolution shall be!
It doesn't mean much when HTC bought S3 graphics solely to get leverage in litigation. [editline]13th July 2011[/editline] Though I do hope HTC wins this one. Would knock apple down a notch and tell them to piss off with their frivolous lawsuits.
[url="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/"]The patent infringements kind of make sense.[/url]
[QUOTE=Jelly;31090232][URL="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/"]The patent infringements kind of make sense.[/URL][/QUOTE] Nice pun there.
Looks like HTC... [img]http://blog.filmjabber.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/austin-powers.jpg[/img] Got a bite of the Apple. (it's bad I know)
Hahah, you tell them HTC.
[QUOTE=Jelly;31090232][url="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/"]The patent infringements kind of make sense.[/url][/QUOTE] Half of them are neccisary functions of a multitasking OS. It's way to general across the board.
Ohh snap :iceburn:
Apple fuck off and leave HTC alone. You're just butthurt because they can make better phones than you can faster than you can. Also I love how Apple is trying to counter-sue Nokia when Nokia has been around [i]far[/i] longer than Apple and innovated much of the smartphone tech used today.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH BUUUURN.
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;31091338]Apple fuck off and leave HTC alone. You're just butthurt because they can make better phones than you can faster than you can. Also I love how Apple is trying to counter-sue Nokia when Nokia has been around [i]far[/i] longer than Apple and innovated much of the smartphone tech used today.[/QUOTE] Nokia made the first ever Smartphone did they not? [editline]13th July 2011[/editline] Wait, nope that was IBM. [editline]13th July 2011[/editline] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/IBM_SImon_in_charging_station.png/450px-IBM_SImon_in_charging_station.png[/IMG] [editline]13th July 2011[/editline] I really want one of those, they look so cool!
[quote][img]http://images.wikia.com/masseffect/images/5/50/Paragon_Interrupt.png[/img][/quote] +1 Billion Paragon Points
I replaced my old iPhone with an HTC, best switch ever.
I like the products, hate the company. They just make the stupidest moves that makes everybody besides their fanboys hate them.
I like the products and hate the company. Talking about both Apple and HTC. HTC have terrible RMA and service routines, and their hotline is filled with incompetent fools. Same goes with Apple, except that I've never ever been able to speak to anyone at their support, because they always let someone else have the responsibility (a workshop, operators and so on)
[QUOTE=Chickens!;31089674]Greed[/QUOTE] It goes a bit further than that because they want a monopoly on certain types of technology. I think greed is generally a positive in the market because other companies are forced to keep up and innovate to get new customers. Most of all, it lowers prices. Where I have an issue with it though is when one company tries to skip out on competing by claiming a monopoly, and this is Apple's strategy.
[QUOTE=Pepin;31098500]It goes a bit further than that because they want a monopoly on certain types of technology.[/QUOTE] They pretty much already have, the vast majority of smartphones and tablets has an apple logo [I]somewhere[/I]. So yup, they're just assholes.
[QUOTE=Ven Kaeo;31091338]Apple fuck off and leave HTC alone. You're just butthurt because they can make better phones than you can faster than you can. Also I love how Apple is trying to counter-sue Nokia when Nokia has been around [i]far[/i] longer than Apple and innovated much of the smartphone tech used today.[/QUOTE] Most things that Apple has had been done by another company years before Apple "introduced" it. Apple is always late and they always act like assholes about it.
[QUOTE=Sweet_Water;31099014]Most things that Apple has had been done by another company years before Apple "introduced" it. Apple is always late and they always act like assholes.[/QUOTE] They get credited because they market their stuff as being "original" so heavily.
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