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Intellectual Property

Dec. 20, 2011

Apple wins narrow victory in smart phone patent battle

Apple Inc. won a narrow victory Monday in its first showdown at the U.S. International Trade Commission with a cell phone manufacturer using Google Inc.'s Android operating system.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Apple Inc. won a narrow victory Monday in its first showdown at the U.S. International Trade Commission with a cell phone manufacturer using Google Inc.'s Android operating system.


The good news for Cupertino-based Apple is that it persuaded the Washington, D.C.-based commission to ban imports of HTC Corp. cell phones that use an interface function that allows users to gain access to other progr...

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