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Motorola Sues Apple

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sue-sue-sudio dept.

rexjoec writes "Just a week after Motorola Inc. (MOT) itself became the target of legal action by Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), it sued Apple Inc. (AAPL) for the alleged infringement of 18 of its patents. Motorola subsidiary, Motorola Mobility Inc. also filed patent suits against Apple in federal court in Illinois and Florida."

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  1. No matter who loses, the lawyers win by macwhizkid · · Score: 5, Informative

    A diagram in the Guardian from last week nicely illustrates the insanity that is the mobile phone litigation business. With the vortex of lawsuits surrounding both hardware and software, it's amazing that anybody is able to innovate at all.

  2. Patent wars by vagabond_gr · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's pretty hard to keep the graph up-to-date.

  3. Re:Sustainable? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It seems like every mobile company has patents that every other mobile company is either stepping on or tiptoeing around

    Nope, most companies have cross-licensing agreements. Apple is in trouble because they didn't bother to set these up when they entered the market. Nokia fired first and now everyone else in the same position has decided that they can get some money from Apple, or force them out of the market.

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