Motorola Made Small Victory in Patent Fight with Apple

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Motorola Made Small Victory in Patent Fight with Apple

News from the patent wars: this time it’s Motorola Mobility, which has won a victory over the competition from Apple. The District Court of Mannheim in Germany forbade Apple on Friday the sale of mobile devices that infringe two patents held by Motorola. On closer inspection, there are Motorola mobile phone division, but despite the victory, little reason to rejoice. Because the judge’s decision does not mention any specific equipment. Above all, the injunction is called as Apple Inc. addressee. The German sales subsidiary of U.S. company that handles all business in this country for Apple Inc., is not affected because it is not mentioned in the judge’s decision. The iPhone – iPad – and Mac sales in this country can thus continue undisturbed.

Industry observers also see this otherwise. It is the online service “The Verge” , as the parent company in Germany itself out as a salesman, was stated that the decision is a purely symbolic victory for Motorola. There were no products that would be banned. Still have Apple told The Verge said, the company is seeking to challenge the injunction in any case. “This is a procedural matter and has nothing to do with the decision,” but hastened to an Apple spokesperson against “Cnet” communicate. She stressed that the sale of products in Germany is not currently affected.

One hundred percent sure but this is not. Patent lawyer and blogger Florian Mueller , who also published the Mannheim court decision indicates only symbolically may not be the success of Motorola, if it is not Apple managed to avoid the injunction. There must be reasons .