HTC ‘Disagrees with Apple’s Actions’

Posted by Arjun Komath on March 18th, 2010

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HTC has sent out a press release in response to the patent infringement lawsuit Apple recently fired in their direction.

CEO Peter Chou is quoted:

“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible.”

HTC then delves into their storied history with smartphones, laying claim to a long list of firsts in the smartphone world that seem to be more about re-establishing their cred as innovators and not copiers than about hints at what sorts of patents they might counter-sue with. They note that they started designing the XDA back in 1999 and have delivered over 50 different smartphones to date. In other words, HTC has been in this game longer than Apple has and they won’t let some pesky lawsuit prevent them from continuing to innovate.

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[via Android Central]

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