Apple has continued HTC for violating 20 patents “related to the user interface, architecture and hardware of the iPhone. War is declared, and Apple is firing on all cylinders when we see the nature of its demands: for example Apple claims authorship of the screen to unlock. The fact of “unlock a device by making gestures on an image of unlocking”, which seems to affect all phones absolutely tactile infringe on a patent Apple. The remaining claims focus on aspects related to the operation of tactile interfaces, for which Apple has numerous patents duly registered.
Steve Jobs said the approach of his company: “We can either do nothing and watch our competitors stealing our patented inventions or react. We chose to react. We believe that competition is healthy, but our competitors are expected to create their own original technologies, not steal ours.
It reminds you something? Normal, Nokia has been similarly accused of such behavior, and Apple had also cracked scathing comments against Palm, even if they have not (yet) pursued the latter.
Obviously, Apple did not want to leave this issue without reacting.