Susan Decker for Bloomberg:
Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (MMI) won a partial U.S. International Trade Commission judge’s ruling in its bid to block imports of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s devices including the iPhone and iPad tablet computer.
ITC Judge Thomas Pender said Apple violated one of four Motorola Mobility patent rights. The patent relates to Wi-Fi technology. The judge’s findings are subject to review by the six-member commission, which has the power to block imports that infringe U.S. patents.
Two of the patents concern Wi-Fi; one involves how the phone senses if it’s close to the user’s head, and the last one describes the way the server tracks application availability.
“The patent relates to 3G technology. The other three patents weren’t violated, according to the notice.” From the Bloomberg article.
So which of the 4 you mention above is the one that was accepted by the judge? It isn’t clear, thanks Peter.
if this violated patent relates to wifi tech then the next question becomes if it is under FRAND rules. Because if it is then you have to look at the question of whether Apple tried to properly license it and what terms they were offered. If those terms didn’t fulfill FRAND rules, Moto is the one that should be in trouble for breaking those rules. Sure Apple will be forced to pay back licensing but under terms appropriate to FRAND which is likely all the wanted in the first place