DisputeSoft was engaged as a software expert in the matter of Apple v. HTC, a patent infringement dispute between two major smartphone manufacturers.
DisputeSoft assisted HTC in finding evidence to support its contentions of invalidity, non-infringement, and lack of domestic industry through source code review, claim charting, and prior-art research.
In March 2010, Apple filed suit against HTC in the U.S. District Court of Delaware and before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), seeking a permanent ban on the import or sale of allegedly infringing HTC mobile devices. Apple argued that HTC’s smartphone technology infringed on 20 of Apple’s patents “related to the iPhone’s user interface, underlying architecture, and hardware.” These patents, dating as far back as 1995, involve a number of highly technical concepts such as real-time signal processing and device power management.
