Slate Magazine (blog) | Apple's Smartphone Patent Win Is Our Loss Slate Magazine (blog) By Matthew Yglesias A man walks past a billboard displaying a handset of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC in Taipei on December 20, 2011. Another day another extension of patent monopoly rights as the US International Trade Commission rules in favor of ... Apple scores limited victory in smartphone patent war Apple iPhone wins US smartphone patent battle against HTC HTC faces US smartphone ban |