Following Apple's contention that 28 additional smartphone manufacturer HTC's devices violate the "data tapping" patent that Apple first filed with the ITC about in 2010, HTC has now accused Apple of extending the reach of the complaint, and a full-blown new investigation was required to validate or refute Apple's claim. Apple clarified its position in a reply to the court, and in doing so fine-tuned the claims of the original complaint, making it clear that the "data tapping" patent was not only applicable to single-click actions as HTC claims, but also to multiple actions, such as a contextu
