Apple Accuses HTC of Stealing Their iPhone Interface, Sues

[DeathscytheX 9,732]

http://kotaku.com/5483636/apple-accuses-htc-of-stealing-their-iphone-interface-sues

The iPhone is such a great interface for phone calls, mobile office work and gaming that Apple claims that competitor HTC stole it when they made their own smart phone.

Apple today filed a lawsuit against HTC for infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone's user interface, underlying architecture and hardware. The lawsuit was filed concurrently with the U.S. International Trade Commission and in U.S. District Court in Delaware.

"We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

Apple released the iPhone in 2007 and the App Store in 2008. The store now offers more than 150,000 mobile applications in over 90 countries. Over 40 million iPhones have been sold worldwide.

[Ladywriter 7,783]

made me think of

Dr. Ian Malcolm I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here: it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility... for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could and before you even knew what you had you patented it and packaged it and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now you're selling it, you want to sell it!

[Kite 3,263]

didnt Apple steal from nokia...

[Sledgstone 8,672]

*stops production of the ACphone*

We can't afford lawyers...

[Pchan 5,162]

*stops production of the acphone*

we can't afford lawyers...

x'd