HTC in front of the ITC? Well, in addition to opening up a new
front in its war on Samsung, the Cupertino crew have added yet another
arrow to its IP quiver.
The company has been awarded a patent for a "portable
electronic device with graphical user interface supporting
application switching." In other
words, a multitasking
smartphone. Of course, despite
its rather broad wording (which
appears to cover almost any phone that lets you switch
between calls and apps) an infringing device would have to
copy almost every facet of the design to find itself on the
wrong side of an ITC judgment.
But don't you worry, we're sure Apple lawyers are already hard at work
figuring out which Android skin they'll have the
most success against in court.
And Google is probably already
sharing collections of prior art with its manufacturers circle.
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