Guerra dos patentes

HTC Sues Apple Using Google Patents Bought Last Week as Battle Escalates

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By Phil Milford and Susan Decker - Sep 8, 2011 1:00 AM GMT-0300

Google Hands HTC Patents to Use Against Apple

Google, which distributes the Android operating system used in HTC phones, isn’t a party in Apple's patent complaint at the ITC. Illustration: Bloomberg

Google, which distributes the Android operating system used in HTC phones, isn’t a party in Apple's patent complaint at the ITC. Illustration: Bloomberg

HTC Corp. (2498), Asia’s second-biggest smartphone maker, is using nine patents bought from Google Inc. (GOOG) last week to pursue new infringement claims against Apple Inc.
Google had taken ownership of the patents less than a year ago, with four of the patents originating from Motorola Inc., three from Openwave Systems Inc. and two from Palm Inc., according to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records. Jim Prosser, a spokesman for Mountain View, California-based Google, wouldn’t discuss reasons for the nine transfers to HTC.
HTC now has more ammunition in its fight to fend off multiple patent-infringement claims lodged by Apple that contend phones running Google’s Android operating system copy the iPhone. Google’s involvement in aiding HTC represents a new front in an industrywide dispute over smartphone technology that has also ensnared Android customers Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc., Barnes & Noble Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co.
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