“For two years, Apple Inc. has told the world that phones running on Google Inc.’s Android operating system are iPhone rip-offs,” Susan Decker reports for Bloomberg. “Now Apple is about to learn whether a U.S. trade agency thinks its claims have merit.”
“The International Trade Commission is set to rule Dec. 14 in a patent complaint lodged by Apple against rival smartphone maker HTC Corp,” Decker reports. “The decision, postponed from the original date of tomorrow, would mark the first final verdict from any judicial entity in Apple’s global patent war against HTC and fellow Android-phone makers Samsung Electronics Co. and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.”
Decker reports, “A ruling for Apple may lead to a ban on U.S. imports of HTC devices, derailing the Taoyuan, Taiwan-based company’s trajectory from a small contract manufacturer founded in 1997 to the biggest U.S. smartphone seller in the third quarter. A victory for HTC may help it secure favorable terms in any settlement with Apple… There’s no guarantee that the commission will ban the HTC phones should it find that HTC violated Apple’s patents.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward Weber” for the heads up.]