Is Apple launching a patent war?
Found on CNet News on Wednesday, 03 March 2010
First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple's arsenal: The lawyers.
And even though this particular suit may start with HTC, Apple could end up battling much larger companies Google and Microsoft if it aggressively advances its patent war.
Apple has named the patents in question, but it hasn't yet defined how its sees HTC violating these patents.
Current patent laws really need to be fixed; I'm pretty sure amongst those in question are patents for something like "touching a touchscreen with two fingers" or "turning a mobile phone upside down".