Apple v. Motorola Mobility Patent Infringement

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Apple v. Motorola Mobility Patent Infringement

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Introduction

• Apple v. Motorola mobility patent infringement
  case refers to lawsuits series between the two
  technology giants.
• The case started at a time when there were
  intense patent cases.
• Samsung and Apple were suing one another in
  different continents.
• High Tech Computer Corp was also involved in a
  patent fight with Apple.

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• Apple v. Motorola mobility patent infringement
  case started with claims.
• Patent infringement t encompassed several venues
  in different countries.
• The litigation fight also involved the rulings of
  the administrative law.
• This involved the European commission and United
  States International Trade commission
  involvement.

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Motorola Mobility

• Motorola Mobility sued Apple for patent
  infringement in October 2010.
• This complaint was about six patents of Motorola
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• The firm was seeking remedies from the court for
  the bar of the U.S imports.
• U.S imports infringed products and injunction.
• This would prohibit Apple from importing,
  distributing and marketing infringing products.

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Case

• Later, ITC instituted investigations and Motorola
  dropped the patent claims for its six patents.
• Motorola filed two patent infringement complaints
  against Apple.
• The complaints were filed in U.S. District Court
  for the Northern District of Illinois.
• They were also in U.S District Court for the
  Southern District of Florida.
• In the complaints, Motorola alleged that Apple
  had infringed its 18 patents.

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• Motorola dismissed its Illinois complaints in
  November 2010 voluntarily.
• Later Apple filed counterclaims in the district
  court of Southern District of Florida.
• Apple alleged that Motorola has infringed its six
  patents.
• This was in the manufacture and sale of set-top
  boxes, mobile devices as well as digital video
  recorders.
• Motorola filed a declaratory judgment complaint
  against NeXT Software Inc. . and Apple.

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• Motorola sought a ruling that it did not infringe
  claim of the twelve NeXT and Apple patents.
• Apple asserted the twelve patents claims against
  Motorola.
• Motorola changed the venue from the Delaware
  court to Wisconsin.
• Patent assertions by the two parties were later
  moved to Northern District of Illinois.
• In the counter claims at Wisconsin, Apple alleged
  that Motorola had breached standards commitments.

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Apple counter claims at Wisconsin

• Waiver.
• Equitable estoppels.
• Contract breach.
• Section 2 of Sherman Antitrust Act violation.
• Contract interference.
• Unfair competition.

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• Apple was seeking declaration judgments.
• This was due to the terms of Motorola license
  that involved standards-essential patents were
  discriminatory and unreasonable.
• Motorola had engaged in patent misuse.
• This did not have injunctive relief entitlement.
• The patent war between these technology giants
  did not end there.
• In April 2011, Motorola filed more patent
  infringement claims in Mannheim.
• It alleged that Apple Germany retail had
  infringed its three patents.
• Injunctions were granted.
• This was after the court found that some Apple
  products had infringed one non-essential and one
  standard-essential patent

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