US Judge tosses Apple patent suit against Motorola

[garyopa]

The patent wars continue...



Seems that Apple cannot seek an injunction against Motorola Mobility in its smartphone patents lawsuit.

If you didn't know, Apple had sought an injunction barring the sale of Motorola products using Apple's patented technology.

Well, it looks like a US Judge ruled that Apple cannot pursue an injunction against Google's Motorola Mobility unit, effectively ending a key case for the iPhone maker in the smartphone patent wars.

Actually, neither party is entitled to an injunction.

The ruling is a blow for Apple, which had hoped a decisive ruling against Motorola would help it gain an upper hand in the smartphone market against Android.

"Apple is complaining that Motorola's phones as a whole ripped off the iPhone as a whole," Posner wrote. "But Motorola's desire to sell products that compete with the iPhone is a separate harm -? and a perfectly legal one -? from any harm caused by patent infringement."

[...]

"It would be ridiculous to dismiss a suit for failure to prove damages and allow the plaintiff to refile the suit so that he could have a second chance to prove damages," Posner wrote, adding that he was therefore dismissing the suit with prejudice, meaning that neither side can refile.

As expected, Motorola reportedly is "pleased" with this.

However, both could still appeal the Judge ruling.

"Meanwhile, the two companies will continue to go at each other legally, with a case pending before the International Trade Commission and lawsuits ongoing in a number of other countries".

Is this going to ever end?

NEWS SOURCE #1: US Judge dismisses Apple patents lawsuit against Motorola (via) PC World
NEWS SOURCE #2: Business News 2012-06-22 (via) ChicagoTribune

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[Battlefield]

I'm glad Motorola won this so far.

I dont like anything Apple makes, and i never ever liked them as a company.

As for Motorola, i used many of their CPU's (Amiga, consoles), phones etc. and i'm satisfied.

[billysastard]

I'm glad Motorola won this so far.

I dont like anything Apple makes, and i never ever liked them as a company.

As for Motorola, i used many of their CPU's (Amiga, consoles), phones etc. and i'm satisfied.

yes, i always preferred the mc series chips to the godawful zilog ones except that you had to use the z series to run cpm

[Battlefield]

yes, i always preferred the mc series chips to the godawful zilog ones except that you had to use the z series to run cpm

I never used CPM myself, but i think my C128D machine have 64/128 and CPM internally.

As for phone OS'es, i always liked Windows, Symbian and Android. I started with Windows, then used Symbian.. Now i use both Android and Windows Phone 7.5.
Android is the best, but WP7.5 still have several things which is better than Android.
ISheep OS..never.

[billysastard]

I never used CPM myself, but i think my C128D machine have 64/128 and CPM internally.

As for phone OS'es, i always liked Windows, Symbian and Android. I started with Windows, then used Symbian.. Now i use both Android and Windows Phone 7.5.
Android is the best, but WP7.5 still have several things which is better than Android.
ISheep OS..never.

no, they were mc6502 based iirc (same as the atari but without a separate gpu) and on that you had to buy the atr 800 z80 add on to run cpm not forgetting those wonderful 88k 8 inch sssd floppies).

never used a windows phone os although i had a series of ce based jornadas which i could link via ir a nokia phone to go online with (more to prove i could than of any use), symbian i used a lot and still do as my constellation uses it, my only android experience is with the bastardized version of 2.3 (i think) in my prada 3.

isheep os.. never.

[Battlefield]

no, they were mc6502 based iirc (same as the atari but without a separate gpu) and on that you had to buy the atr 800 z80 add on to run cpm not forgetting those wonderful 88k 8 inch sssd floppies).

never used a windows phone os although i had a series of ce based jornadas which i could link via ir a nokia phone to go online with (more to prove i could than of any use), symbian i used a lot and still do as my constellation uses it, my only android experience is with the bastardized version of 2.3 (i think) in my prada 3.

isheep os.. never.

Ahh..6502 reminds me of something, which i dont remember. I never tried CP/M much, but i always knew about it atleast.
Siemens SX45 was my first Windows CE phone which rocked..My Android is also 2.3, but with Sense 3.0. There is no special reason why i stopped using Symbian, but i think it was because i bought Windows Mobile 5. I also have QTEC 9090 with PocketPC OS (Also Windows). That phone was a monster.
I also have HTC Touch Cruise with WM 6.5,and was gonna get WP7..but the LIVE marketplace was delayed here, so i went for Android instead. Then i got WP 7.5 later as an addition.. Some kind of "i360 Arcade portable" I Also had a few low end phones, except for 2 N-Gages and SX1 which rocked for the people who knew its real possebilities.

[MadonnaProject]

good for you.