Apple going after HTC for its phones, claiming that they're rip offs of the iPhone.
Up until now, we thought that Apple's iPhone was coexisting decently with many leading HTC handsets – many of them powered by Google's Android OS. Today we find out through court filings that Apple is launching a considerable lawsuit against HTC for infringing 20 patents "related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware."
Apple this morning fired out a very short press releaseannouncing the litigation. In it, Steve Jobs said, "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it."
Jobs continued, "We've decided to do something about it. We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."
Engadget has clippings from over 700 pages of exhibits submitted to the District Court by Apple. Interestingly, Apple also names some of HTC's Windows Mobile-based phones, but refers to those as "DSP Products." On the other hand, the other devices were named specifically as Android.
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