Tale of two defendants: HTC, Nokia fates diverged in Apple case

Back in March 2010, Apple filed separate suits at the U.S. International Trade Commission against Nokia and HTC, accusing both cellphone makers of infringing Apple’s smartphone patents. In April, the ITC staff recommended that the patents Apple had asserted against both Nokia and HTC should be tested in a consolidated case. Nokia and HTC supported …

HTC to Appeal U.S. Agency Ruling on Apple Patent Infringements

July 15, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT by William McQuillen and Yu-huay Sun July 16 (Bloomberg) — HTC Corp. will appeal a U.S. International Trade Commission ruling that it infringed two patents of Apple Inc. in producing Android-based mobile phones. HTC, Asia’s second-largest maker of smartphones, said it was found to have infringed two of 10 …