Yay

Posted Mar 3, 2010 10:14 UTC (Wed) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: Yay by gdt
Parent article: Apple's patent attack

In the longer term it will depend upon the terms of contracts between the two software suppliers and HTC.

I don't think it does. Even if Google and HTC have contracts in place to pass on some or all of any costs that arise out of patent liabilities, HTC will still be the subject of those actions. E.g. imagine if Apple get an injunction to prevent HTC importing phones into the US, there's no way a contract with a 3rd party gets around that (other than to offset the tangible costs of it perhaps).