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German Court Upholds Ban On Push Email In Apple's iCloud, MobileMe

Posted by timothy on from the awfully-specific-aren't-we? dept.

suraj.sun writes "A German regional court Friday backed an earlier court decision that banned Apple from offering push emails in Apple's iCloud and MobileMe services in Germany, granting Motorola Mobility a victory in a global patent war among several technology companies. The Mannheim regional court also said Apple must pay damages to Motorola Mobility, but didn't specify the amount."

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  1. another sad example by hyanakin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... how copyright and patent law holds back progress and stiffles competition -- all on the back of consumers.

  2. Re:Enforcement? by Shoe+Puppet · · Score: 4, Informative

    The question I have is _in Germany_ who enforces court rulings? The petitioner, or an agent of the court?

    Normal court rulings are enforced by the court itself, injunctions have to be enforced by the petitioner via a bailiff, according to de.wikipedia.

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  3. Re:Ob by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone else read that as Putsch email?

    No.

  4. Re:Bye Motorola by icebraining · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you don't buy phones from companies that have sued over patents, I'm pretty sure you'll remain phoneless. Unless you get an openmoko or something similar.

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  5. Patents are not property by Cigaes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Please refrain from using words as “thief” when writing about patents. Patents are a temporary monopoly awarded in exchange for publication of an idea. They have nothing to do with property. An idea can not be stolen. Using that kind of vocabulary only makes the patents and copyright's advocates' game.

    On the other hand, you are perfectly right to underline that these kind of patents are ludicrous.