A US Court of Appeals has ruled that Apple is not guilty of infringing the Google-owned Motorola Mobility unit’s patent dealing with data delivery and other related mobile phone technologies.
The US Appeals court for the Federal Circuit, in its ruling, has supported the decision taken by the International Trade Commission (ITC), a patent infringement investigating panel, last April, which found that no Google patent was violated by Apple while making the iPhone.
Federal Judge Jimmie V. Reyna in the court’s decision wrote [PDF] “Motorola failed to establish the technical prong of the domestic industry requirement,” and “because these conclusions of the Commission were supported by substantial evidence, we affirm.”
The patent suit was originally filed by Motorola in 2010, claiming Apple infringed on six of its patents including the signal noise reduction technology and technology which prevents users from accidentally activating the device’s touch screen while talking on the phone. In April, ITC ruled its decision in favor of Apple saying that the company did not violate any of the six patents.
Motorola Mobility was acquired by Google in 2012 for $12.5 billion and the primary reason, many believe, was to get hold of 17,000 strong patent trove that Motorola was in possession of.
“We’re disappointed in this decision and are evaluating our options”, wrote Google’s Motorola Unit in its official statement. The company may go for a case review or even approach the Supreme Court to hear it.
Apple is yet to comment anything on the matter.
