Judgment Day Looms for Apple, HTC
December 12, 2011, The Wall Street Journal

In the next couple of days, the US International Trade Commission is expected to rule on whether HTC's smart phone patents violate Apple's patents.

"This is just one step in the process that will still continue whether or not Apple wins," said Bijal Vakil, a lawyer specializing in intellectual property for White & Case. In the event HTC ultimately loses, he said, it probably has a backup design that likely wouldn't be found to infringe on Apple's patents.