In December, the USITC ruled in favor of Apple [JURIST report] in its claim against HTC for infringing its "data tapping" patents. A month earlier, the same agency found for Apple [JURIST report] and held that the company did not infringe HTC's patents it obtained from acquiring the subsidiary S3 Graphics Co. In August, HTC filed three patent complaints against Apple after the USITC ruled against HTC [JURIST reports] for patent infringement relating to cell phones that run the Android operating system (OS) in July. The conflict between the two companies arose after Apple initially filed suit [JURIST report] against HTC in the US District Court for the District of Delaware [official website] in March 2010 alleging that HTC infringed ten of Apple's patents including hardware designs, touch-screen interfaces and graphical user interfaces. Apple filed an additional suit with the USITC to bar HTC from importing its products to the US market. A second lawsuit was initiated by Apple in July last year when it filed a claim against HTC [JURIST report] with the USITC for patent infringement related to scrolling and touchscreen features.