London's High Court ruled in HTC's favour, saying its devices did not infringe four Apple technology patents, including Apple's 'slide-to-unlock' feature.
HTC had also challenged Apple's patents on the iPhone's groundbreaking multi-touch system.
According to intellectual property experts, both are 'prize' patents in the American giant's portfolio.
The other patents in the case related to the way the iPhone manages photographs, and the use of different character sets in text messaging; a patent dating back to 1994, The Telegraph
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