Last year we reported that Apple had won a single patent case against HTC at the US International Trade Commission. The patent involved the ability of phones to automatically turn email addresses and telephone numbers into hyperlinks.

At the time, HTC described the patent issue as “a small UI experience” and said it would soon remove this functionality from all its phones.

HTC Corporation has been promoting its business-focussed HTCpro service by releasing a whitepaper about mobile security.

The ‘Basic Principles for Increasing Security in a Mobile Computing Program’ whitepaper is aimed at Chief Information Officers and IT departments, explaining how companies can combine the flexibility of mobile devices while maintaining security.

Nokia has filed legal claims in the USA and Germany alleging that products from HTC, RIM and Viewsonic infringe a number of its patents.

The legal action includes a complaint to the US International Trade Commission against HTC, patent cases against HTC and Viewsonic in the USA, and court cases against all three companies in Germany.

HTC has reported its first-quarter results for 2012, having published unaudited figures earlier this month.

Revenue was NT$67.79 billion (around £1.42 billion; down 34.9% year-on-year), with net income at NT$4.47 billion (down 69.9%).

This week’s podcast from The Fonecast covers all the top mobile industry stories from the past seven days. We discuss Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram and Microsoft’s plans to buy over 800 patents from AOL - plus the rest of the latest headlines, from free 0800 calls to mobile security plans.

As usual, you can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.