{"id":381874,"date":"2010-03-02T13:45:38","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobilecrunch.com\/?p=27251"},"modified":"2010-03-02T13:45:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T18:45:38","slug":"the-complaint-apple%e2%80%99s-patent-lawsuit-against-htc-is-all-about-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/381874","title":{"rendered":"The Complaint: Apple\u2019s Patent Lawsuit Against HTC Is All About Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier today, Apple issued a press release stating that it has filed suit<\/a> against cell phone manufacturer HTC for patent infringement. No mention of Android or Google was in the press release. But one of the actual legal complaints, which we’ve obtained and embedded below, makes no bones about it. As expected, this lawsuit is about Android. HTC, of course, is one of the largest manufacturers of Android handsets.<\/p>\n

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Delaware targets: “certain mobile communication devices including cellular phones and smart phones, including at least phones incorporating the Android Operating System (collectively, \u201cthe Accused Products\u201d).” By going after the biggest Android manufacturer, Apple is putting all Android cell phone makers\u2014and by extension Google\u2014 on notice. Is there any doubt now why Google CEO Eric Schmidt had to resign<\/a> from Apple’s board last year? The battle lines are now drawn.<\/p>\n

At least one of the patents (No. 7,479,949) lists Steve Jobs as an inventor, and describes a method to use a touchscreen as a graphical user interface “detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display” (i.e. multi-touch). The complete list of patents the complaint says are being infringed include:<\/p>\n