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Follow on Google News | HTC has indicated that it is prepared to negotiate with Apple over the ongoing patent disputHTC has indicated that it is prepared to negotiate with Apple over the ongoing patent dispute. But will Apple choose to settle? And if HTC and Apple do settle, what does this mean for Android as a whole
By: battery Now, if this was the state of play then HTC would be in big trouble. Fortunately the company has an ace up its sleeve. Earlier this month HTC announced a $300 million deal to buy S3 Graphics, an announcement that came just days following S3 winning an ITC ruling against Apple over two compression technology patents. So HTC has some big guns of its own, and it’s willing to come to the table with Apple to sort things out: fujifilm NP-45 camcorder battery - http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ “We have to sit down and figure it out,” Winston Yung, chief financial officer of the Taoyuan, Taiwan-based company, said by phone today. “We’re open to having discussions.” So HTC isn’t defenseless after all. If HTC didn’t have any patents to fight Apple with, it’s likely that Apple wouldn’t choose to settle (after all, it’s not like the company needs the cash and collecting nickles and dimes in patent loot would bust be a drop in the cash ocean). But given that HTC has something that Apple wants (at least it’ll be HTC’s when its buyout of S3 is complete) then a settlement seems far more likely. But, remember how those two patent ruling that Apple won against HTC most likely extend to all Android devices out there. JVC BN-VF823 digital camera battery - http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ If Apple and HTC can reach a deal through both having technology that the other side wants to license, where does that leave all the other OEMs out there? Also, where does that leave Android? In trouble, that’s where it leaves them. If I were an Android OEM I’d be spending some time examining my patent portfolio in the hope that I can either find something that Apple might be infringing on, and then launching a infringement claim (and hoping that the HTC agrees with me), or looking for some patent that might be of interest to Apple. An Android OEM that doesn’t have technology that Apple is infringing on (or just wants) is in serious trouble. Oh, and remember that Android as it is at the center of 49 federal and ITC infringement suits, so it’s likely that things are going to get worse before they get better. Read More: http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ # # # http://www.batteryfast.co.uk/ We aim at offering the most updated and high quality consumer electronics to shoppers from all over the world. End
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