Apple lost the first half in Motorola lawsuit

A judge issued a preliminary determination that Motorola does not violate Apple's patents 3.

On 01/13/2012, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission, U.S. (ITC) has launched Motorola decided not infringe three patents of Apple.
 
ITC received 11/2011 lawsuit last month after Motorola Apple asking them to ban the import of a certain phone number, which Apple allegedly infringing a patent, the United States.
 
Apple declined to comment on the verdict while Motorola said they were happy for this conclusion. ITC will continue to review and make final conclusions for the work in the near future.
 
Between Apple and Motorola are also ongoing legal dispute in a court other in Europe, where Motorola has won a ban on sales of Apple products across Germany. In addition, Motorola has also sent a complaint to Apple at the ITC.

Smartphone HTC facing danger banned in Germany

Persistent legal battle with IPCom, a company holds patents on technology that can make HTC do not face the risk of being sold a 3G smartphone model in the German market in the coming Christmas season .

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In the latest press releases, IPCom said the company has moved a document to the Taiwanese mobile manufacturer HTC, announced that it will ask the German authorities imposed a ban on consumption of all 3G devices HTC which is sold in European countries, to implement a decision taken in 2009 by a court in Mannheim, Germany, which was then recognized HTC has violated a patent owned by IPCom.
The problem is that HTC did not conduct appeal proceedings after the decision was made. And now, IPCom are looking for ways to make the official ban of Mannheim 2 years ago to be executed in time "as soon as possible", ie to all devices of HTC 3G smartphone and tablet to "turn missing from the shelves before Christmas and the holiday shopping season last year. "
The risk of being banned from consumption in Germany, one of the largest smartphone market in Europe to correct at HTC are struggling to preserve market share of global smartphone market. The latest financial report shows that HTC is likely to decline 8% of total revenue in the fourth quarter of this year. Taiwanese carriers are losing customers in the hands of rivals such as Apple and Samsung.
Viewed as a "patent troll" typical of today's technology market, IPCom - a German company - a "professional" is only so much to acquire patents and then sue other companies to earn compensation.
Before HTC, IPCom been a nightmare for many years at Nokia in the European region. IPCom patents that HTC had used against the property of Bosch Group, which is related to wireless technology.

Apple is folded wings patent

Reuters has published the information Apple has been granted 40 additional patents in the field of technology in China. The news was first posted on the China Daily on Monday 4.
And the patent would be tools that help manufacturers iPhone / iPad increase protection of intellectual property in this country - where Apple is always a headache for the piracy of patents in a white gross. The evidence we have seen these phones, tablet PCs, laptops have similar models of Apple products.

Apple now is a manufacturer of mobile devices being the most counterfeited in China. And the new Apple patents relating to 37 products including iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air and even to design the structure of the three stores selling Apple products in Shanghai.
The patents are focused on mobile products. It is to protect the character comes in to create unique looks of Apple products such as the user interface, user experience and speakerphone technology.
Earlier this week, a source from Samsung has internal information company Reuters is preparing legal measures to enact a ban on sale of iPhone in Korea 5. This is a strong effort from Samsung to create a new step to protect the company from accusations of copying designs and product design from Apple in the U.S..