Nokia and Apple are already facing off in court. Now, Apple and HTC will face off as well after Apple announced today that it filed a lawsuit against HTC, alleging infringement of 20 of its patents related to the iPhone user interface. According to Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs:
“We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We’ve decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours.”
I expect that the lawyers will be busy for a few years with this one…
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