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For those of you who have been following our coverage of "Patent Lawsuit Theater," this should sound pretty familiar. Both Nokia and Kodak have also filed ITC complaints in addition to import bans. Apple has called for a ban of Nokia imports in its countersuit.
The only odd part of HTC's announcement is that it's only announcing the ITC complaint; these sorts of things are almost always accompanied by a federal lawsuit, Engadget pointed out.
This response comes two weeks after HTC entered into a licensing agreement with Microsoft in regards to Android patents.
We await Apple's response in this ongoing tug-of-war between massive corporations who really should have better things to do than play Judge Wapner.
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