Apple Vs. Motorola Lawsuit: Patent Infringement Appeal Goes in Apple Inc.'s Favor With U.S. Court of Appeals

Apple won a separate patent infringement case that did not involve Samsung Electronics Co.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington D.C. ruled Apple did not infringe a mobile-phone technology patent by Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google.

Motorola Mobility had claimed to the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that Apple violated six of its patents.

"In general, the invention insures that subscriber units are sent information over the wireless network that the subscriber unit can utilize," summarized the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. "This is particularly important because subscriber units have become increasingly customizable and it would be inefficient to occupy network resources attempting to send information to a subscriber unit that was not configured to accept or properly utilize the information."

The efforts by Motorola Mobility were unsuccessful with the ITC. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which consists of three judges, agreed with the ITC that Apple used a different technique compared to what Motorola Mobility utilizes.

According to Bloomberg, Google, which inherited the burden of the trial following its $12.4 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility in 2012, is "evaluating" their options following the Court of Appeals' verdict.

Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet said the company had no comment on the ruling.

Meanwhile, Apple has another patent infringement trial against Samsung in March. As Latino Post reported, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO Oh-Hyun Kwon will attend a mediation session on Feb. 19 as a potential solution to the ongoing patent infringement claims.

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