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Apple Sues Back At Motorola Over Qualcomm License Agreement [Report]

Alex Heath — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:42:01 +0000

As Google’s proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility waits for approval from the courts, Apple has fired back at Motorola in the U.S. over a licensing agreement with chipset-maker Qualcomm. Motorola recently sued Apple over wireless technology in its iOS devices with a patent that Apple is now using to cite the licensing violation with Qualcomm. [...]

Apple sues Motorola in the U.S. over Qualcomm patent license

Mark Gurman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:58 +0000

Apple, today, has filed a lawsuit against Motorola over their use of Qualcomm technology, as reported by Reuters. Apple explains that Motorola has breached a contract pertaining to their use of a patent license and “asks this Court to enjoin Motorola from prosecuting and 4 enforcing its claims against Apple in Germany.” Specifically, Apple is [...]

German court has dismissed Motorola’s patent lawsuit against Apple

Steven Sande — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

In the slugfest between Apple and Motorola Mobility, the Cupertino company has won a round in the German courts. A judge in the Mannheim Regional Court dismissed the Motorola Mobility (MMI) lawsuit against Apple over a patent considered essential to t...

Apple wins one 3G patent dispute with Motorola in Germany

Chris Foresman — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:55 +0000

A judge in Germany has ruled that Apple does not infringe one of Motorola's claimed 3G "standards essential" patents, dismissing the related patent infringement lawsuit. The win is an important one for Apple, which has...

Motorola v. Apple 3G patent suit tossed by German court

Erica Ogg — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:46:23 +0000

Just a week after Motorola was awarded two significant victories in a German court over Apple, the companies' luck have changed. On Friday, a judge ruled he would not grant an injunction against Apple products on the basis of a 3G/UMTS patent claimed by Motorola.

Google Could Take 2.25% Of Every iPhone Sold After Motorola Acquisition

Cult of Android — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:58 +0000

Google has sent letters out to various standards organizations, including the IEEE, promising to honor MMI’s patent licensing policies after it completes its planned acquisition of the company. This includes honoring MMI’s maximum go-forward per-unit royalty rate of 2.25%. This is the same rate MMI is asking Apple to pay in order to lift the [...]

Google Promises To Honor Motorola’s Licencing Standards After Acquisition (This Includes Fees Imposed On Apple)

Cult of Android — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:58 +0000

Chutzpah: Google also wants 2.25% of every iPhone sale

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:02:06 +0000

It's not enough that Google borrowed the phone's look and feel to make Android?

From Google's IEEE letter. Source: FOSS Patents. Click to enlarge.

It took a Techmeme news cycle for the import of Google's (GOOG) letter to the IEEE -- the nonprofit organization that sets technical standards for everything from AC/DC converters to Wi-Fi networks -- to sink in.

Early reports praised the company for joining Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT) MORE

Android still 1st choice among virgin smartphone buyers

Kevin Fitchard — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:49:13 +0000

The iPhone may have passed over Android in total U.S. smartphone sales, but Google’s platform still has one key advantage: it’s attracting more mobile data newbies. According to the NPD Group, 57 percent of first-time smartphone buyers last quarter chose Android handsets.

Motorola wants 2.25 percent of Apple sales to license patents

Chris Rawson — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

The ongoing patent spat between Motorola and Apple has reached an interesting crossroads. Just recently a German court granted an injunction against sales of many of Apple's 3G-bearing products, including older model iPhones and the iPad. That injunct...

What Motorola wants: 2.25% of Apple’s iPhone sales revenue

Philip Elmer-DeWitt — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:25:28 +0000

A blogger uncovers the $2 billion dispute behind Friday's bizarre back and forth

Source: FOSS Patents

Apple (AAPL) watchers were shocked Friday when the company, in response to a court-ordered injunction, removed the iPhone 4 and 3GS from its online Apple Store in Germany.

The injunction was suspended before the end of the day -- and the products restored -- but the bizarre incident left analysts and investors wondering what the hell MORE

Refurbished Motorola Xooms came with private data from previous owners

Casey Johnston — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Motorola facilitated the sale of a bunch of refurbished Xoom tablets with former owners' data still on them, the company announced in a press release Friday. The Xooms were part of a deal on flash sale site woot.com last fall, ...

Apple and Motorola scuffle over iCloud and push email

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Motorola scored a victory against Apple today when it won a permanent injunction against the company's iCloud and MobileMe push email service. According to FOSS Patents, the injunction is "preliminarily enforceable," which means Motorola can enforce t...

iPhone, iPad injunction lifted in Germany, but Apple still faces iCloud action

Jacqui Cheng — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:05:00 +0000

Apple will be able to sell its iPad 2 with 3G, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 4 via its online store in Germany after all, thanks to a temporary extension courtesy of a German court. As noted by the BBC, an appeals court lifted the...

Apple resumes sales of 3G iPhones and iPads in Germany

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Earlier today, Apple was forced to remove the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 (not the iPhone 4S), and all 3G iPads from its online store in Germany. This injunction was short-lived as Apple appealed and the German court suspended the ban. The company...