November 5, 2011 at 02:03Apple infringes two Motorola Mobility patents. Apple may be banned from EU products
The other day, Apple has lost the case of the tiny company NT-K, producing tablets based on Android. The court found that the iPad violates the intellectual property of the Spanish manufacturer, and refused to satisfy the lawsuit of the American company. The Spaniards said that Apple itself has asked for it, and are preparing an impressive lawsuit for damages and defamation of business reputation.
And today, Apple began to have more serious problems. The German court found that Apple violated two patents (the first patent explains the fundamental features of data transfer, and the secondregarding synchronization) Motorola Mobility, and Apple is guaranteed to pay an impressive fine, and will also pay deductions. Or the outcome with blocking sales of Apple products in Germany, as well as, probably, a number of other European countries, is quite probable. The preliminary court decision itself , thanks to Florian Muller for the information. Campaign Google has a chance to get not so useless patents, since they were able to deflect Apple's accusations.
UPD
Since at the time of writing this note there was no official reaction from MMI and Apple, I will give it now. Thanks to EntropiouS for the link to Verge, which states that Motorola Mobility won a lawsuit against Apple Inc., which does not sell anything in Germany, because Apple Germany is a subsidiary of Apple, and its court decision does not concern it. Thus, there will most likely be no ban on sales, for there is nothing to prohibit. Florian Muller ironically apologized for the initially incorrectly provided information.
And today, Apple began to have more serious problems. The German court found that Apple violated two patents (the first patent explains the fundamental features of data transfer, and the secondregarding synchronization) Motorola Mobility, and Apple is guaranteed to pay an impressive fine, and will also pay deductions. Or the outcome with blocking sales of Apple products in Germany, as well as, probably, a number of other European countries, is quite probable. The preliminary court decision itself , thanks to Florian Muller for the information. Campaign Google has a chance to get not so useless patents, since they were able to deflect Apple's accusations.
UPD
Since at the time of writing this note there was no official reaction from MMI and Apple, I will give it now. Thanks to EntropiouS for the link to Verge, which states that Motorola Mobility won a lawsuit against Apple Inc., which does not sell anything in Germany, because Apple Germany is a subsidiary of Apple, and its court decision does not concern it. Thus, there will most likely be no ban on sales, for there is nothing to prohibit. Florian Muller ironically apologized for the initially incorrectly provided information.