"The nature of the full decision is unclear, but it appears that the judge has so far rejected Apple's claims that the devices also infringe on patents for interpreting certain multitouch events and swiping along a graphic to unlock a phone."

NTP says the device infringes its patents.

On May 16, 2006 the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) sued XM, stating that the device infringes on copyrights.

The risk for Android handset makers is that it is very likely that all Android devices infringe the patents, which were filed in 1994 and 1996, says Florian Mueller, an expert on the many patent battles swirling around the smartphone business.

What I understand is that various devices, notably GPS have (what would seem to be inappropriately) infringed on some of the band, yet this isn't getting dealt with?

Mr. Patterson declined to comment on whether he thought the exchange's devices infringed his patent.

Neither a physical device, such as a product that can be used to practice the method, nor instructions for practicing the method, are infringing until they are used by a single person to perform all the steps together.

A rival, Teleflex Inc., demanded royalties, claiming the device infringed its patent on an adjustable gas pedal equipped with an electronic sensor.

The transitional phrase acts as a limitation on the claim, indicating whether a similar device, method, or composition infringes the patent if it contains more or fewer elements than the claim in the patent.

Those complaints alleged that HTC's devices infringe as many as 20 of Apple's patents.