“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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