Google launches new patent suit against Apple
Motorola Mobility, adopted in February 2012 by Google, has been brought before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in Washington a lawsuit against Apple to prevent the import of iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch as well as "verschiedenenen Apple computers" in the U.S. . Apple manufactures these devices in Asia.
According to reports, Motorola has established its claim in that various functions violate the Apple computers, including the voice recognition assistant Siri patents from Motorola. In a statement, the company said, because Apple was not willing to enter into a licensing agreement, the only remaining path taken to protect themselves and their own engineering services. The full text of the application will only Motorola on Monday made available.
This continues a long series of patent disputes in which one company accuses the other of violating their own patents. Apple had canceled the license negotiations on the grounds that Motorola put on unreasonable demands, and also copied smartphones from Motorola Mobility and other running under Google's Android devices patented features of the Apple iPhone.
Only in June, the U.S. Federal Judge Richard Posner had dismissed a lawsuit by Apple against Motorola, because none of the parties to the dispute could prove its own damage by the actions of the other defendant. Another federal judge Barbara Crabb had, last week even explained by the inclusion of patented technologies in recognized standards Motorola has entered into a contractual relationship with the standardization bodies, and it also go out as a favored Apple. Meanwhile, the iPhone maker fights against Samsung with a claim for damages in the billions to enforce their own claims in connection with competing Android smartphones.
In case of dispute Motorola - Apple wants the ITC on 24th August announce a decision.
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