Apple Wins Partial Victory on Patent Claim Over Android Features
A federal agency ruled on Monday that a set of important features commonly found
in smartphones are protected by an Apple patent, a decision that could force
changes in the way Google’s Android phones function.
The ruling, by the United States International Trade Commission, can be
appealed. But it is one of the most significant so far in a growing array of
closely watched patent battles being waged around the globe by nearly all of the
major players in the mobile industry.
The ruling was only a partial victory for Apple because the commission overruled
an earlier decision in Apple’s favor in the case, involving a patent related to
how software is organized internally on mobile devices. It would have been
harder for the defendant in the case — HTC, one of the world’s largest makers of
smartphones that run the Android system — to adapt its devices to avoid
infringing that patent, legal experts said.
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