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Apple removes iPhones, iPads from German online store due to injunction
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 02/03/2012 03:14 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Apple has removed all 3G/UMTS-capable iPad and iPhone models from its German online store in response to an injunction based on a wireless standard FRAND patent owned by Motorola Mobility.
From AppleInsider:
Apple removes iPhones, iPads from German online store due to injunction
According to a Friday report by German language news agency dpa (Deutsche Presse-Agentur), Apple has taken down (machine translation) 3G iPads and iPhones from its online storefront in compliance of an injunction Motorola won in Mannheim in December 2011.
The news comes mere hours after another Motorola court win in Germany, however that suit pertains to an unrelated patent and has no bearing on the online Apple Store's product removal.
All versions of Apple's 3G/UMTS-capable iPad, including the iPad 2, the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were pulled from the company's German site as the products were ruled as infringing on a Motorola declared-essential GPRS patent.
The news comes mere hours after another Motorola court win in Germany, however that suit pertains to an unrelated patent and has no bearing on the online Apple Store's product removal.
All versions of Apple's 3G/UMTS-capable iPad, including the iPad 2, the iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 were pulled from the company's German site as the products were ruled as infringing on a Motorola declared-essential GPRS patent.
Apple removes iPhones, iPads from German online store due to injunction
