“The latest escalation in the “smartphone patent wars” is that HTC today brought infringement counterclaims against Apple in the Southern District of Florida over two patents it acquired from HP last December,” Florian Mueller reports for FOSS Patents.
“The litigation in which the Taiwanese device maker is asserting those two patents is a case that started in 2010 with a Motorola lawsuit against Apple, which later became consolidated with another action in the same district,” Mueller reports. “Six of Apple’s twelve infringement counterclaims in that consolidated action target not only Motorola Mobility but also HTC. HTC wants the case moved out of Miami, but its motion to transfer is still pending.”
Mueller reports, “In the meantime, HTC had to respond to Apple’s counterclaims. In addition to the usual deny-everything-and-throw-in-the-kitchen-sink defenses, HTC also decided to hit back.”
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