Google backs HTC in Apple patent lawsuit
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 04 March 2010, 15:16 IST   |    4 Comments
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Google backs HTC in Apple patent lawsuit
Washington: Even though Apple filed lawsuit against the maker of the Internet giant's Nexus One smartphone - HTC for patent infringements, the search giant Google threw its backing behind HTC. "We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it," said a Google spokesperson. Apple filed suit on Tuesday against HTC, accusing it of infringing on 20 patents related to the "user interface, underlying architecture and hardware" of the iPhone, the popular touchscreen device introduced in 2007. Apple did not specifically name Google in the lawsuit but many of the HTC smartphones cited in its filing are powered by Google's open-source Android operating system. In the suit, filed in a U.S. District Court and with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Apple is asking for unspecified damages and an injunction to prevent HTC from making or selling products using the patents in dispute. However, HTC has denied infringing iPhone patents and said it takes "American and international patent rights protection seriously." HTC makes handsets for a number of leading U.S. companies and is the manufacturer of the touchscreen Nexus One unveiled by Google in January.

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