Patent Infringement | "Google's Motorola Accuses Apple of Patent Infringement, Seeking Ban of iPhones, iPads and Mac Computers"

By : GAME N GUIDE
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Category : Patent Infringement

It seems the court battle between Google and Apple do not subside. It is Google's turn now?

Google's Motorola Mobility has filed a new patent infringement case against Apple. The claim by Motorola is that certain features on Apple-based devices including the popular Siri voice recognition program is an infringement of its patents. The complaint claims that Apple infringed on seven Motorola patents like phone/video players, location reminders, and e-mail notification. It also seeks an import ban on Apple products like iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Asia manufactures Apple products.
"We would like to settle these patent matters, but Apple's unwillingness to work out a license leaves us little choice but to defend ourselves and our engineers' innovations," Motorola said in a statement.

The copy of the complaint was available at U.S. International Trade Commission. Apple and Motorola have been fighting court battles since 2010. Apple has accused Motorola and other Android-based handhelds of copying patented features of iPhone. In April, a judge ruled Apple infringed on of the four patents filed by Motorola in the first case. The commission will announce its final decision on Aug. 24 for the first case is regarding the way computers transmit signals through Wi-Fi.

Apple did not comment on the court case. One-third of smartphones sales in U.S. are Apple devices. These court battles are a bigger battle for bigger share of the smartphone industry that grew up by 62 percent when compared with last year. Google bought Motorola in May. Google's Android is the most popular operating system for smartphones.

The important issue has been whether the commission must issue import ban on products that are found to be infringing on others patents. Apple and Samsung are in the middle of a big court trail regarding Samsung infringing on Apple's patents.


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