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HTC has now taken the position of defending itself fully as CEO Peter Chou speaks out against the lawsuit

“HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. 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.”

“From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then.”

It is still too early to say how things will go, but the CEO has a good point, HTC has been around long enough to be considered one of the foremost innovators in the mobile industry. In fact, their contributions to the Pocket PC technology have inspired many of the innovations we see today. Apple’s 20 patent infringement lawsuit is heavy, but quite hard to pin down as they are dealing with one of the best mobile phone manufacturers in the world.

Many already see through Apple’s motives. It has already been announced that 2010 will be the most prolific year for the Android smart phone. In April alone, several high end Android devices will be launched and several more are confirmed to be coming out later this year.

By striking down HTC, Apple would gain a solid advantage over Google as the Android developer would lose one of their main partners in developing the Android technology.

Get to know more about the details of Apple’s patent infringement lawsuit versus HTC at PC Mag.

It is pretty obvious that there is more to the Apple lawsuit against HTC. After all, HTC is the manufacturer behind the Nexus One and many other Android smart phones. With Apple aggressively marketing against their biggest competitor on the field, it makes perfect sense that they would try to cripple one of the key members of the Open Handset Alliance which heavily supports the Android OS.

Should the patent infringement lawsuit cause HTC devices to be pulled off shelves, this would mean that many Android devices and several WinMo phones will be affected –in some ways, concerns about other Android manufacturers being affected has also been raised. The lawsuit covers 20 patents for software and hardware innovations and technologies; developments that HTC is heavily defending.

After all, when words such as “stolen technology” are being thrown about, it is also a matter of principle for the Taiwanese Manufacturer to speak up against such claims.

HTC Chief Executive Officer Peter Chou says that “HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions and will fully defend itself. 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.”

“From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then.”

With many years in the industry behind them, it was a pretty obvious thing for HTC to remind Apple that HTC has been an innovator long before the coming of the iPhone.

Read more about the Apple lawsuit at Pocket Lint.