HTC takes a stand in Apple suit by Zuzana Zelenakova

HTC Corporation took an official stand Wednesday concerning Apple lawsuit issued at the beginning of the month. Apple accused HTC of infringing technology patents on about 20 iPhones. “HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible,” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. HTC expressed its confidence pointing out the world-wide r! ecognition they receive for their work. HTC is the one that stands behind the first phone to the market that uses the Android mobile platform, the HTC Dream from 2008. The company received many awards, for example MIT Technology Review´s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2010. In 2009, it introduced a user interface called HTC Sense developed for phones using Android and Windows Mobile systems. The first phone to feature the HTC Sense was HTC Hero introduced soon after. It is the third phone manufactured by the Taiwan-based company for the Android platform. The suit mentioned above was filed with the US International Commission as well as the US District Court in Delaware in March 2 with Apple seeking to ban selling the infringed HTC products in the US. Among the infringed goods are three mobile devices by HTC that run on Android system – Hero, Dream and Touch – as well as Nexus One, an Android smartphone from Google manufactured by HTC, which was released i! n January, 2010. The phone can for example transcribe voice to! text. " We feel confident in our innovation and our ability to defend ourselves in this case," Jason Mackenzie, vice president for HTC's U.S. business said.

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