The U.S. Customs to act upon a decision of the ITC, the judges were felled in December 2011. They decided at that time a lawsuit by Apple against HTC in favor of the iPhone maker and imposed an import ban for HTC devices.
In their ruling the judges but not limited to the identified models from Apple, including the HTC, the HTC Flyer tablet or the HTC EVO 4G, the predecessor of the above-mentioned HTC Evo 4G LTE, but extended the decision on all mobile devices by HTC with Android operating system that violates the patent.
Do you think the Android smartphone from the Taiwanese phone manufacturer violated a patent owned by Apple that the method is protected, the digital text and recognize number sequences and linked to the appropriate applications. For example, a finger tip can access an e-mail address the e-mail app or open a telephone number on the phone menu.
The ITC had HTC given the opportunity to remove those functions or by another, not to replace the patent-protected solution. Therefore, the import ban was only on 19 April 2012 officially in force. The function, however, is an integral part of Android, and no extra which donated its HTC phones. Removal would not be difficult.
It would also bring the company a competitive disadvantage because other manufacturers of Android smartphone that are not affected by the judgment could offer this convenient feature in the U.S. continues.
HTC has now responded to the requests made and the current import ban of its models HTC One XL (this is marketed in the U.S. as HTC One X) and confirmed by HTC Evo 4G LTE due to a decision of the customs authorities. The company added in his statement: "We believe that to be in accordance with the decision and work closely with the customs authorities in order to introduce the devices."
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