Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Thursday his ministry will provide smartphone vendor HTC Corp. with assistance, if necessary, to deal with the ongoing litigation on patent infringement brought against the Taiwanese firm by rival Apple Inc., Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported.
Shih told lawmakers at a legislative session that the ministry has kept in close touch with HTC to keep informed of the progress of the particular litigation.
HTC said Wednesday that shipments of HTC One X and HTC EVO 4G LTE models to the U.S. market have been delayed by a review of the U.S. Customs requested by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC), the new agency reported.