Apple/HTC Front Opens In Mobile Patent Wars

Everyone is suing everyone: "Apple has accused the smartphone maker HTC of infringing its patents, in the latest phase of the legal battle between phone and tablet PC makers." This is apparently separate from the patent infringement suit Apple brought against HTC last year. That one, inevitably, brought counter-claims from HTC, so presumably this one will as well. A world in which all electronics makers are perpetually suing each other for patent violations is a very good one for patent lawyers.