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Google’s Motorola Mobility unit files another patent infringement complaint against Apple

By: , IntoMobile
Friday, August 17th, 2012 at 7:32 PM

According to Bloomberg, Google’s Motorola Mobility unit filed another complaint with the ITC accusing Apple of patent infringement. The complaint is not available publicly, but information from Bloomberg suggests it targets the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and select Mac computers.

Motorola filed an earlier patent infringement complaint with the ITC that will be decided soon by the ITC. A preliminary judgment in that case found that Apple infringed on one of Motorola’s patents. The patent at the heart of this earlier dispute is a standard essential patent, which means Apple won’t likely face an import ban. A final decision in this earlier case is expected next week.

[Via Bloomberg]

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Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.

  • Anonymous

    Seeing Apple go down in these patent wars will make me feel so glad. They started this war and Samsung whipped that Apple butt for two week in the courtroom. Yeah we all might suffer from this situation but enough is enough. Google has now stepped in and I would love to see the crappy ipdad and useless iphone 5 BANNED in the US. Starting with the new iphone come September 26th Motorola /Google must bust that butt.