In a statement released to the press today, HTC Corporation officially responded to Apple’s lawsuit against the company, which was filed on March 2.
“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC.
“HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible.” The press release also contains a photo of the HTC-built T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, which the company points out was the first 3.5-inch color touchscreen smartphone in the U.S., pre-dating the original iPhone by five years.
