Motorola Mobility wins lawsuit against Apple in Germany

The victory, however, is not very big - the lawsuit concerned the function of Push Email for Apple services such as iCloud and MobileMe. The relevant decision in favor of Motorola was made by a court in Mannheim, Germany. Now Apple is forced to remove Push Email for German users.

Of course, Apple service users from Germany will receive the necessary messages, but their delivery will be carried out in a slightly different way, which will entail some delay. This is not the end of the world, as the representative of the losing side rightly remarked. Nevertheless, Motorola’s victory can be called indicative, especially since Apple recently lost a few more lawsuits.

The lawsuit itself concerned two patents, one relating to the iCloud service, and the second relating to standardized radio technology. The court decided to split the hearings on these patents. The first patent hearing ended in a Motorola victory and the blocking of the above-mentioned service in Germany. A second hearing, if Motorola wins, could block sales of some Apple devices in Germany. But it’s too early to talk about it, since the trial on this issue has not yet taken place.

In addition to blocking the Push Email function for iCloud and MobileMe services, Apple must pay Motorola Mobility financially. It is a pity, but the court did not name the amount of this compensation. It is worth noting that not so long ago, European regulators expressed a desire to get acquainted in detail with the activities of Motorola Mobility itself (here I recall that now this former Motorola division is owned by Google). According to regulators, the company works with violations that the Europeans are going to identify.

In general, the fate of Motorola Mobility is still generally vague - after all, Google, after obtaining the entire patent base of this Motorola division, is going to resell Mobility. This is still unconfirmed information, but there are several sources of such rumors, which may indicate the reality of the sale. One of the buyers of Motorola Mobility may be Huawei Technology.

Via pcmag