Nokia continued its legal battle with Apple, launching the fifth patent complaint between the two companies in the past year. more...

HTC has come out swinging in its defence against Apple's patent lawsuit alleging that it unlawfully uses iPhone technology in its smartphones.
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Apple's lawsuit against HTC has left most of the smartphone industry delaying plans for new handsets and planning workarounds to avoid Apple patents, with some even reconsidering their commitment to Google's Android. more...

Apple's suit against HTC is almost certainly a dry run for a series of suits by the iPhone maker, which is determined not to let Google's Android take sales away from the iPhone. And with Apple and Nokia also embroiled in legal actions, industry analysts predict that smartphone sector could become tied up legal spats over technology patents. more...

Apple is suing HTC for the alleged infringement of 20 patents related to the iPhone in a move which industry insiders have characterised as an indirect attack on Google, whose Nexus One handset is made by HTC.
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Nokia has ramped up its US legal battle with Apple. Nokia, the world's largest phone vendor, has filed a second suit against Apple, accusing the iPhone maker of violating Nokia patented technologies in almost all Apple products, including the iPod and Mac ranges. And Nokia wants an injunction banning Apple from doing business! more...

Apple has accused Nokia of infringing on 13 of its patents in a lawsuit. This follows a similar suit launched by Nokia last October, which accused Apple of doing the same with ten of its patented technologies. more...

Nokia, the world’s largest handset maker, is suing Apple for allegedly using patented Nokia technology in the iPhone, without paying for it.
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