The regional court in Mannheim, Germany rejected the suit today. Motorola Mobility Incorporated(MMI) did not show that Apple is violating the patent, according to the Presiding Judge Andreas Voss.
Judge Voss stated that Motorola failed to show that Apple infringed on a patent related to “a method in wireless communication system for generating a complex pseudo noise(PN) sequence for processing a code division multiple access(CDMA) signal.” As a result, the court would not grant Motorola’s request for an injunction against the Apple products.
Apple’s win here is significant because it comes after dual losses in prior Motorola patent infringement court cases.
More cases involving Apple and Motorola are still pending in the same court. One of these is a bid by Motorola to enforce its first win from December 2011, which forced Apple to briefly remove some older iPhones and iPad models from its online store in Germany last week.
Next up is a lawsuit in Dusseldorf, Germany over a third patent infringement suit. This case also was filed by Motorola against Apple. This is a case FOSS Patents thinks today’s verdict might influence. “It’s quite possible that MMI will try to do better in the Dusseldorf case by following the guidance from Mannheim and presenting infringement contentions based on the actual product as opposed to the specifications standard,” stated in the blog.
“While we can’t comment on specific details, we will continue to protect our intellectual property,” Jennifer Weyrauch-Erickson, a spokesperson for Motorola said in an email statement. A spokesman for Apple, Alan Hely declined to comment.
Google is buying the Libertyville, Illinois-based Motorola to gain mobile patents and expand its hardware business. Google’s Android operating system is used by phones from HTC Corp. and Samsung that directly compete with Apple’s iPhone.
