NEW YORK-Smartphone HTC Corp. Apple Inc. sued, U.S. want to stop developer imports and sales of Macintosh computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices on the basis of the alleged infringement.
HTC said that it filed complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court in Delaware.
Relate to this alleged violations against three patents 2008 and 2010 and Wi-Fi capability, and other functions. It is to compensation, as well as triple damages for willful infringement.
Apple has not on comment searches multiple requests replied.
Tuesday the lawsuit between the companies escalate complaints. Apple has accused of patent infringement by its smartphones HTC and filed several patent lawsuits against the Taiwan-based company in Delaware in the last two years.
HTC, said meanwhile that it has now brought three cases against Apple before the ITC.
"We take this action against Apple for the protection of our intellectual property, our industry partners and above all our customers to use the HTC devices," said General Counsel grace HTC Lei in a statement.
HTC his complaints filed one day after Google Inc agreed to $12.5 billion in cash for Motorola mobility Holdings Inc. access to thousands of patents and protect its fast-growing Android mobile operating system.
This merger, when completed, can pressure on HTC and other androids licensees, that a risk to promote direct competitor.
Google developed the nexus phone with HTC, but disappointing sales last year.
HTC has its headquarters in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, and Apple in Cupertino, California.
Afternoon, trade dropped Apple shares $4.21 for $379.20 on the NASDAQ. HTC shares closed unchanged at NT$ 827 in Taiwan.
The Delaware case is HTC Corp. v. Apple Inc., U.S. District Court, district of Delaware, no. 11-00715.
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