Apple (AAPL) Pulls 3G Products from German Site Following Ruling
According to reports out Friday, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has pulled the iPhone 3GS, 4, and 3G iPad from its German website after Motorola Mobility (NYSE: MMI) secured an injunction against the company. The injunction was against 3G-compatible devices, according to FOSS Patents.
Specifically, Motorola won a case in which Apple infringed on FRAND-pledged patents essential to the company's 3G/UMTS products on the German Apple Store. The injunction doesn't affect those products sold in Apple Stores and other retailers carrying the products, "but Motorola is also trying to enforce those same patents against Apple Inc., Apple's U.S. parent company (in fact, it already won a default judgment based on those patents, due to a no-show by Apple's counsel)," reports FOSS.
FOSS said the ruling was handed down in December and isn't related to Friday's call by the Mannheim court.
Related, Motorola also won an injunction against Apple's iCloud, though that ruling only holds water in Ireland.
Apple shares are indicated for a higher open Friday.
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Specifically, Motorola won a case in which Apple infringed on FRAND-pledged patents essential to the company's 3G/UMTS products on the German Apple Store. The injunction doesn't affect those products sold in Apple Stores and other retailers carrying the products, "but Motorola is also trying to enforce those same patents against Apple Inc., Apple's U.S. parent company (in fact, it already won a default judgment based on those patents, due to a no-show by Apple's counsel)," reports FOSS.
FOSS said the ruling was handed down in December and isn't related to Friday's call by the Mannheim court.
Related, Motorola also won an injunction against Apple's iCloud, though that ruling only holds water in Ireland.
Apple shares are indicated for a higher open Friday.
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