Earlier in the year Apple sued smartphone maker HTC and filed a complaint with the ITC (Internal Trade Commission) ], after reportedly warning several handset makers that lawsuits could be in the works. The complaints that were filed accused HTC's devices infringing as many as 20 of Apple's patents. HTC decided to fight back by filing its own complaint with the ITC (both of which are currently being investigated). However, HTC has yet to file any patent infringement lawsuit. This past Monday, Apple filed an additional lawsuit in Delaware federal court, accusing HTC and its subsidiaries for infringing on four recent Apple patents.
The patents that are in question include one which was awarded this past February, using a touchscreen gesture combined with a specific "unlock image" to unlock a mobile device. The three others are all related to saving power by reducing the voltage going to specific parts of a processor and to adjusting a display to account for "real-time changes" in configuration, including adding an external display. Apple seeks treble damages for willful infringement, an injunction to bar HTC from building or selling devices that infringe the patents, and for HTC to pay all the legal fees involved. HTC has brought several Android and Windows Mobile based devices to the U.S market and has said that they are ready to head to head versus Apple.
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