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

Posted by timothy on Friday April 13, 2012 @08:39PM 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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another sad example by hyanakin · 2012-04-13 20:54 · Score: 5, Insightful

... how copyright and patent law holds back progress and stiffles competition -- all on the back of consumers.
Re:Ob by Anonymous Coward · 2012-04-13 22:15 · Score: 5, Insightful

Anyone else read that as Putsch email?
No.
Patents are not property by Cigaes · 2012-04-13 23:37 · 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.