Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and in U.S. District Court in Delaware. Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, made the following statement:
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 technology, not steal ours.
Apple's lawsuit could make it difficult for HTC to grow its user base as quickly as anticipated. The company is committed to taking advantage of a new and revolutionary mobile operating system in Windows Phone 7 Series though. That's an operating system that can't be altered after it leaves Microsoft's ground, and Microsoft is a company Apple can't easily sue if it should turn out that WP7 violates one or more Apple patents too.
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