Last month, there were reports that Motorola was going after Apple with a lawsuit claiming patent infringement. Since then, German courts have ruled twice in the favor of Motorola, but the company suffered a minor defeat today when the court shot down a third patent case.
Judge Andreas Voss, the presiding judge on the patent lawsuit case, said Monday that Motorola Mobility didn’t show that Apple was violating the particular patent involved in this case, and so the judge came to the decision to reject the lawsuit.
Here’s more information on the patent in question, courtesy of Engadget’s report :
The patent in question, EP1053613, is considered essential to the 3G/UMTS wireless standard and, more specifically, pertains to a “method and system for generating a complex pseudonoise sequence for processing a code division multiple access [CDMA] signal.”
Motorola may have lost this battle, but the company does have two wins under its belt and there are still pending cases that need to be addressed before either side come out of the patent lawsuit war victorious.
Neither Motorola nor Apple have responded to requests for comment as of writing.