German Court Dismisses Motorola Patent Claim Against Apple
After two recent patent-related victories over Apple in Germany, Motorola was dealt a setback today when a Manheim court threw out one of its claims regarding 3G/UMTS wireless technology.
As noted by patent blogger Florian Mueller, the Mannheim Regional Court said Motorola "failed to present conclusive evidence for its infringement contention."
In its suit, Motorola said that any implementation of 3G/UMTS will inevitably infringe on its patent rather than bringing forth any Apple products that actually do so.
"Since the asserted patent claim is centered around the 'means' used to generate a number that optimizes wireless transmissions, the court would have wanted to see proof that Apple's products contain such 'means,'" Mueller wrote. "But [Motorola] didn't show any kind of actual implementation (neither hardware nor software), and arguing merely on the basis of the specifications of the standard was insufficient to win."
Today's ruling comes after two wins for Motorola. In December, a Manheim judge found that certain Apple products infringe on Motorola patents for data packet transfer technology (GPRS). That prompted the temporary removal of several Apple products from its German online story earlier this month.
Also this month, meanwhile, the Manheim court granted a permanent injunction against Apple's iCloud push email notifications.
As a result, Mueller argued, Motorola and its legal team probably think that "two out of three ain't bad."
Motorola is demanding that Apple pay 2.25 percent of the net selling price of its 3G/UMTS products as a royalty, Mueller said. Not surprisingly, Apple is not in agreement.
Motorola Mobility, meanwhile, is in the process of being acquired by Google. The EU is set to rule on the merger by Feb. 13, and recent reports suggest that the Department of Justice in the U.S. could approve the deal as early as next week. For more, see Google Acquires Motorola Mobility: What You Need to Know.
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After a bad week in court, Samsung hears some dandy news. While Apple claimed “Samsung misrepresented its intent to license certain patents on fair terms”, federal judge Lucy Koh in California has disregarded some of Apple’s antitrust claims against Samsung. Nevertheless, Apple can still reform it by revising their complaint.
Judge Koh didn’t govern to withhold Samsung from selling their Galaxy devices in US, as Bloomberg remarked, although Apple claims registered infringements.
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Apple Files Second Complaint Against HTC
Apple has just filed a second patent infringement complaint against HTC. The first complaint was issued for infringement of 20 patents.. Apple has asked to block the import of “personal electronic devices” manufactured by HTC.
The complaint was filed on July 8th at the International Trade Commission. Apple has been issuing complaints against companies using Android OS.
A judge is expected to give a judgement by August 5th. The court will be able to block imports if they find that that the patents have been infringed.
HTC hasn’t seen the details of the complaint and no comments have been made yet. HTC’s own complaint against Apple is pending and a result is expected by September 16th.
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Toshiba Launches Tablet Against Apple iPad
Toshiba Corp has launched a 10-inch new tablet device which will be comparable in price to Apple's iPad.
The Toshiba Tablet , which will be available in the first half of 2011 and run Google's forthcoming Honeycomb version of the Android operating system, is targeted at consumers.
Like other touchscreen tablets, it plays high-definition videos and is designed for Web browsing, games and electronic books.
The 1.7-pound tablet, which uses Nvidia's Tegra 2 mobile processor, connects to the Internet over Wi-Fi, but has no built-in capability to connect to high-speed mobile phone networks. It features front and rear-facing cameras, and will have access to an applications store.
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