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Motorola v. Apple (2010, USA)

In early October 2010, Motorola accused Apple of infringing 18 patents and filed suit in the USA in Northern Illinois and Southern Florida federal district courts.[1]

On the 30th October, Apple filed a counter-suit in the USA,[2] initially listing 12 patents allegedly infringed, and later amending the suit to list 24 patents.[3] 21 are for distribution of Android software, 3 for set-top box video recorders.[4] Apple also applied to the United States International Trade Commission asking for an import ban on certain Motorola products, but this was rejected in January 2012.[5]

The patents

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Motorola accuses Apple of infringing 18 patents,[6] some of which seem to be software patents.

Those which are or might be software patents

  • 5,311,516: Paging system using message fragmentation to redistribute traffic
  • 5,319,712: Method and apparatus for providing cryptographic protection of a data stream in a communication system
  • 5,490,230: Digital speech coder having optimized signal energy parameters
  • 5,572,193: Method for authentication and protection of subscribers in telecommunication systems
  • 6,175,559: Method for generating preamble sequences in a code division multiple access system
  • 6,359,898: Method for performing a countdown function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system
  • 5,359,317: Method and apparatus for selectively storing a portion of a received message in a selective call receiver
  • 6,246,697: Method and system for generating a complex pseudonoise sequence for processing a code division multiple access signal
  • 6,272,333: Method and apparatus in a wireless communication system for controlling a delivery of data
  • 7,751,826: System and method for E911 location privacy protection
  • 5,754,119: Multiple pager status synchronization system and method
  • 5,958,006: Method and apparatus for communicating summarized data
  • 6,008,737: Apparatus for controlling utilization of software added to a portable communication device
  • 6,101,531: System for communicating user-selected criteria filter prepared at wireless client to communication server for filtering data transferred from host to said wireless client
  • 6,377,161: Method and apparatus in a wireless messaging system for facilitating an exchange of address information

Hardware patents

The following appear to be hardware patents and thus aren't a danger to software developers:

  • 5,710,987: Receiver having concealed external antenna
  • 6,246,862: Sensor controlled user interface for portable communication device
  • 6,578,054: Methods of adaptive channel access attempts

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References

  1. ↑ http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/10/motorola-asks-itc-two-federal-courts-to-throw-book-at-apple.ars
  2. ↑ http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/30/apple-sues-motorola-right-back-over-six-patents/
  3. ↑ http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/04/apple_adds_12_more_patents_to_lawsuit_against_motorola.html
  4. ↑ http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=10/12/07/021247
  5. ↑ http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/documents/337_750_ID.pdf
  6. ↑ http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/10/motorola-asks-itc-two-federal-courts-to-throw-book-at-apple.ars
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