HTC [spent a week checking that Google had it's back and then] disagrees with Apple's actions and will defend itself. At the moment I can only see this battle

HTC [spent a week checking that Google had it's back and then] disagrees with Apple's actions and will defend itself. At the moment I can only see this battle doing 2 things: A: free press coverage [read "advertising"] for both Apple and HTC regardless of outcome. B: driving a wedge between die hard fans of both Apple and Google/HTC