The Apple-Samsung case is now in the courtroom, and things are starting to shape up for next month's HTC versus Apple showdown. The company filed a motion to the International Trade Commission to withdraw a specific patent for a "circuit and operating method for integrated interface of PDA and wireless communication system", which now drops the number of HTC's claims down to two standard-essential patents.
HTC originally started off with three patents in August of 2011, then added five more for good measure in September of 2011. FOSS Patents blogger Florian Mueller notes that Apple filed a counters
