International Trade Commission ruled that HTC patent infringement Apple banned the import of some products

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U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled on Monday that Taiwan handset maker HTC (HTC) infringed Apple's patents, the company banned the import of some products. This is Apple sued Google Android mobile phone manufacturers are copying iPhone patent obtained another victory.However, the ITC issued the ban until April 19 next year to take effect, but also by HTC to appeal and the need to review U.S. President Barack Obama and other factors, the specific effect of the ban time may also was postponed. In the case closely watched by the outside world from this case, ITC found that the production of HTC Android phone with a violation of Apple's patent-related data monitoring technology.ITC said in the ruling, which is to give operators sufficient time to develop response plans. ITC, said: "The United States International Trade Commission investigation found a violation of the HTC survey of the legal provisions in Section 337, it released a limited ban on imports of the allegedly infringing personal data and mobile communications equipment and related software, is hereby Notice the Commission decided, from April 19, 2012, the stop imports of goods specified in the ban. "However, HTC has some refurbished products can be imported to meet the maintenance requirements of goods sold, but not after April 19, sales of new products, unless the ruling is overturned, or can prove to avoid the patent issues. Prior to ITC has repeatedly postponed a ruling.HTC said in a statement that the company had overturned the ITC Apple sued HTC, another patent infringement lawsuit happy. HTC said: "Although today's verdict is very disappointing, but we are fully prepared for this, our designers to avoid the patent has found a solution."Apple is not a direct result of Monday's decision to comment, but reiterated the contents of the statement issued earlier. Apple said: "We believe that healthy competition is conducive to market development, but competitors should develop its own original technology, rather than simply copying other people's results."From 2010 to now, the global smart phone patent infringement lawsuits accumulated up to dozens, and the ITC ruled that infringement is HTC's first final. According to market research group Strategy Analytics survey, in the third quarter of the global smart phone sales rose 44% to 117 million. In order to slow down the pace of development of Android phones, Apple has continued for the Android mobile phone market in the world's major actions in tort.Established only in 1997 initially just a HTC OEM electronics manufacturers. However, by virtue of the partnership with Google, HTC has done a magnificent turn, became the world's second largest Android handset makers, and became the third-quarter sales of U.S. smartphone market champion. HTC had submitted a counterclaim to the book, ITC, said the company in the U.S. market last year received about $ 5 billion in revenue last year, the company's global revenue of 90 billion dollars.According to Apple's infringement complaint submitted to show that face import ban HTC phone models including the Nexus One, Touch Pro, Diamond, Tilt II, Dream, myTouch, Hero and Droid Eris.