You were wondering when Google would have something to contend about Apple’s patent lawsuit against HTC, since the infancy of a claims crop up to implicate Android itself, as well as while the knives aren ‘t out nonetheless, we just got a short-but-sweet matter from a spokesperson:
“You have been not the celebration to this legalcase. However, we mount at the back of our Android operating complement and the partners who have helped us to develop it.”We’re utterly extraordinary to see either this means Google will contribute money and/or manpower to HTC’s legal invulnerability — we’d bet we’ll see alittle of Eric Schmidt’s organisation during a list when this thing eventually hits a courtroom. In associated headlines, HTC ’s posted up the reduced, more formal version of a statement we perceived yesterday, saying that it “believes which consumer choice is a key component to success in the smartphone industry,” and which it doesn’t consider the fit “poses a short-term element impact to its commercial operation.” Which creates sense, saying as it’ll be weeks before HTC even files the reply to a suit, as well as months — if not years — before it’s resolved. We’ll see how it goes.