Apple Has Patent Violations

Article First Appeared in Silicon Valley News:
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Apple's Mac OS X operating system violates two patents held by S3 Graphics in a decision that could open the door for a ban on imports of some Mac computers.
The decision by ITC Judge was made on July 1but not made public until Wednesday.
The patents in question will soon be in the hands of Taiwan-based HTC, a key Apple rival which is a major producer of smartphones that use Google's rival Android operating system. HTC had previously agreed to acquire Fremont-based S3 for $300 million.
The ruling doesn't affect Macs that use graphic-processing chips made by Nvidia, which the judge ruled have an implied license to the patents.