Remember that lawsuit Apple filed against HTC? Luckily for HTC, it does not seem to have harmed the company's sales. HTC did better in the first quarter than expected and has predicted a record-breaking second quarter.
The patent lawsuit filed by Apple alleges that HTC is infringing on 20 Apple patents relating to the iPhone. After the lawsuit was filed, there were fears that customers would turn to other phone vendors because of a potential import ban on HTC's phones.
HTC has defended itself by demonstrating its own work in the smartphone industry, as well as its own patents. Some analysts speculated that the lawsuit was an attempt by Apple to slow down the sales of Android cell phones. If this is true, Apple appears to have failed because HTC noted that its Android phones have sold particularly well during the first quarter.
Via BusinessWeek.
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