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Motorola Mobility sues Apple for patent infringement
By Charles Starrett
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Wednesday, October 6, 2010
News Category: Apple, iPad, iPhone, iPod
Motorola Mobility, a subsidiary of Motorola, Inc., has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and certain Mac computers infringe Motorola patents. The company has also filed patent infringement complaints against Apple in the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Florida. According to Motorola’s announcement, the three complaints include 18 patents, which relate to “wireless communication technologies, such as WCDMA (3G), GPRS, 802.11 and antenna design, and key smartphone technologies including wireless email, proximity sensing, software application management, location-based services and multi-device synchronization.” Motorola Mobility has asked the ITC to start an investigation into Apple’s potential infringement and issue an Exclusion Order barring the importation, sales, marketing, advertising, and use of such products in the U.S.; in its court cases, it is seeking to force Apple to cease using its patented technology and provide compensation for any past infringement.
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I’m waiting for Apple to sue Motorola’s ### in return.
Then I’m waiting for Microsoft to also sue Motorola’s ###.
Posted by James Katt on October 6, 2010 at 11:39 PM (PDT)