Apple Deals HTC a Stinging Patent Loss – Could Help Windows

Apple only got one of its patent claims against HTC validated in the latest ITC ruling – but this one is a doozie. The patent 5’946’647 is notorious in the telecom world for being so comprehensive – it covers the way phone numbers and email addresses embedded in emails and text messages become highlighted and clickable. Somebody emails you a phone number and you can immediately call that number via a simple click – no painstaking cut and paste moves needed.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/terokuittinen/2011/12/19/apple-deals-htc-a-stinging-patent-loss-could-help-windows/