The International Trade Commission said it’s ending a...
The International Trade Commission said it’s ending a Section 337 Tariff Act investigation into patent infringement claims involving smartphones imported by HTC, with a finding of no violation, reversing an earlier finding by an ITC administrative law judge, said a…
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notice from the agency scheduled for Thursday’s Federal Register (http://1.usa.gov/1ddIdzk). The judge had found the HTC Vivid and Droid Incredible 4G LTE infringed patents on electronic imaging devices held by FlashPoint. FlashPoint licenses those technologies to Apple and Motorola Mobility, which Google has agreed to sell to Lenovo. After a review, the commission found the Vivid and Droid phones didn’t actually infringe the FlashPoint patents, and ended the proceeding. The investigation had been ongoing since June 2012.