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US Court Says Motorola Can't Enforce Microsoft Injunction In Germany

Posted by timothy on from the was-meinst-du? dept.

First time accepted submitter Chris453 writes "A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone patent wars. Motorola won an injunction against Microsoft in May using their H.264 patents. Apparently the U.S. federal justices in California have worldwide jurisdiction over all court cases — Who knew? Maybe that is why Apple keeps winning lawsuits..."

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  1. First time troll. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    'First time accepted submitter Chris453' should be shot and so prevented from submitting any further stories for needlessly crowbarring in a reference to Apple.

    1. Re:First time troll. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Yeah but think about what a pathetic life he has and what a useless piece of shit he is. He'll probably die of cheetoh lung and diabetes before the decade is out, unlaid except for that incident with the gym teacher.

  2. Re:How does this work? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You see, you're sleeping over at a friends place - and your friend's mum said that you could have coke with your dinner even though your mum said you couldn't. You can "forget" what your mum told you and have the coke anyway, you won't get in trouble at your friends house.

    But you're sure gonna get it when you get home and your mum finds out. I mean, you could lie but...

    or i could fuck your mother. sure i had to brush some cobwebs out her cooch but who hasn't done that once in a while?