Apple is to have another chance to convince the courts to ban certain Motorola phones in the US tomorrow. Now that Google has acquired Motorola Mobility, this particular patent-based case has become iOS v Android: To The Death (Hollywood, you're welcome). Judge Richard Posner will be in the unenviable position of having to declare yay or nay to Apple's arguments, which could have a knock on effect to Apple's other patent cases against the... full story ![]()
A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could be invalid, the District Court in Mannheim, Germany, said on Friday.The court said it doubted the validity of Motorola's patent entitled "Multiple Pager Status Synchronization System and Method," also known as the push...
pcworld.com (2 months and 1 day ago)
Apple emerged victorious today in a patent battle against Google's Motorola, with the International Trade Commission (ITC) finding that Cupertino did not infringe on Motorola's sensor-related patent with its iPhone.
pcmag.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
It seems Apple is going to lose its slide-to-unlock gesture patent, at least in the EU, since a German court has declared it invalid. Everything started last year when Apple won an injunction against Motorola Mobility and attempted to ban the sales of certain devices. Encouraged by its victory Apple tried to sue Samsung over the same technology, but the case was suspended...
gsmarena.com (2 months and 15 days ago)
A court in Florida said that Apple and Motorola Mobility have no interest in quickly and efficiently resolving a patent infringement lawsuit, but are instead using their litigations around the world as "a business strategy that appears to have no end."Referring to the "parties' obstreperous and cantankerous conduct," Judge Robert N. Scola of the U.S. District Court for the...
pcworld.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
Do you remember Apple's rounded rectangles patent? Well, this week Motorola obtained a patent for eight-sided smartphones.
gigaom.com (2 months and 30 days ago)
MOTOROLA Mobility accused Apple of infringing patent technology that makes touch screens ignore fingers when people hold smartphones to their ears.
news.com.au (1 month and 25 days ago)

A German court has invalidated an Apple patent for the slide-to-unlock feature on mobile phones, according to a published report. The Thursday ruling by Bundespatentgericht, Germany's federal patent court, is a victory for Samsung Electronics and Motorola Mobility. Apple has sought injunctions prohibiting the sale of devices from both companies. The Bundespatentgericht...
pcworld.com (2 months and 16 days ago)
A Florida judge has had just about enough of the patent fight between Google's Motorola and Apple.
pcmag.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
The U.S. International Trade Commission has found no evidence that Apple infringed on a Motorola Mobility patent covering a touchscreen function.The finding ends an investigation that began in November 2010 when Motorola petitioned the ITC to ban imports of Apple products because they allegedly infringed a handful of Motorola patents. The ITC has already found no evidence of...
pcworld.com (1 month and 26 days ago)
Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary antitrust review of the case on Monday.The Commission opened the investigation into Motorola Mobility in April 2012 to scrutinize whether it...
pcworld.com (1 month and 12 days ago)
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