Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents, “HTC’s new assertions against Apple are spread out over three different filings.”
• HTC amended its recent (second) ITC complaint against Apple by throwing in five additional patents (the original one related to three patents),
• amended its companion lawsuit in Delaware accordingly, and
• filed a completely new lawsuit in Delaware over four other patents.
Mueller reports, “I’m sure Apple always knew that Google might give patents to embattled Android device makers. That didn’t prevent Apple from enforcing its rights in the first place. It won’t make Apple back down now. There’s too much at stake for that, and it’s easier to file lawsuits than to win them.”
The full article, with descriptions of each of the patents HTC is trying to assert against Apple, here.
Steve Jobs should call his friend Chuck Norris about the Google – Android plot against America.
Now there’s a plan!!
Google: Patent Troll
Never saw that coming.
I did,
What other move do they have?
Actually invent stuff and not rip off others?
Is it at all shocking that Apple actually created their own IP and filed for their own patents, while most of the 9 patents sold to HTC by Google are on their 3rd or 4th owner?
http://themacadvocate.com/2011/09/07/google-rides-to-htcs-rescue-apparently-now-ok-with-dubious-patents/
I’d buy that for a dollar!
– Robocop.
Ha – Apple has there own ibot police – and are busy looking for the lost iPhone5 who would pay more then a buck!
100
Ah – the old HOT POTATO game
– i don’t want it
– you can have it
– it’s too hot for me
What would stop Apple from becoming an Android partner?
They would be under no obligation to use the OS, since the other hardware makers are free to use WP7. Apple would “own” all those Motorola patents and any others bought by Google and they would still be able to sue the other hardware makers.
It would really be funny to see his move by Google backfire on them.
I think they would be bound by an agreement to not sue Google or any of the other partners who use Android.
REunson you have made the most interesting suggestion I have ever seen.
“What would stop Apple from becoming an Android partner?
They would be under no obligation to use the OS, since the other hardware makers are free to use WP7. Apple would “own” all those Motorola patents and any others bought by Google and they would still be able to sue the other hardware maker”
IMHO, Apple should go for it!
“It would really be funny to see his move by Google backfire on them.”
And FUNNY is an UNDERSTATEMENT!!
Every one should repeat this suggestion everywhere on the Internet until Apple picks up on it.
It is absolutely brilliant!
I think they would be bound the the Google licenses to not sue Google or any other Android Partner.