HTC Licenses Microsoft Patents as they face APPLE Patent Lawsuit
HTC is licensing Microsoft patents as they are facing patent lawsuits and possible injunctions by Apple, who wants the HTC phones banned from the US market. Sorry, but IMO this is just another illustration how these micro patented features are just a bad idea. It hobbles creative freedom and results in less choice for consumers. If Apple’s iPhone is so great, then let it compete for the hearts and mind of consumers based on the whole Apple aura that surrounds it, rather than Apple using these patented features to force HTC to stop selling what seems like great phones in the US market. This is just Apple afraid of Android, IMO.
The article also proposes a fun conspiracy angle claiming that maybe Microsoft is “throwing HTC a life preserver” in it’s pending battle with Apple. i.e. Microsoft sticking it to Apple. That is funny, and very possible.
