“Apple Inc.’s patent-infringement complaint against HTC Corp. will be reviewed by a U.S. trade agency that has the power to block imports of the Taiwanese company’s phones and new Flyer tablet computers,” Susan Decker reports for Bloomberg.
“The International Trade Commission said it will investigate Apple’s accusations that HTC infringed five patents related to software architecture and user interfaces in portable electronic devices, hardware for touch screens and movement sensors,” Decker reports. “Notice of the decision was posted on the agency’s website today.”
Decker reports, “A trade judge last month said HTC infringed two other Apple patents, a decision subject to review by the six-member commission. If the commission agrees, it could order an import ban on certain HTC phones that run on Google Inc.’s Android operating system.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Drip, drip, drip…
If you think the HTC Flyer is a knockoff of the iPad, wait till you see the Acer Aspire 3951. It’ll knock your socks off how closely it copies the MacBook Air.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/09/acers-aspire-3951-leaks-with-macbook-air-like-specs-available/
Just read your link about this new Acer…..absolutely shameless. I don’t think I’ve ever in my life witnessed a company whose products have produced more copycats than Apple….good grief
But it still has the crappy hinge-on-top of a FeeCee notebook. They didn’t violate Apple’s laptop hinge patent.
The Apple hinge is so unique, it’s easy to tell Apple from non-Apple laptops in ads and TV, regardless of how far they go to otherwise anonymize the unit on display.