HTC, which sold the most smartphones in the US in the third quarter, said it would buy Fremont, California-based S3 Graphics less than a week after a trade agency's judge issued his findings in the case in July. S3 Graphics was part-owned by HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, and Citigroup Inc analyst Kevin Chang said at the time HTC could have just licensed the patents.
A decision against HTC "calls into question the rationale of the S3 acquisition," said Chen Fu-li, an analyst at E Sun Securities Co. in Taipei who has a "buy" rating on HTC shares. "It's the final decision so it's quite important. A negative decision could put pressure on HTC's shares."
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