Apple sues Motorola right back over six patents
What, U didn’t think Apple`s just go`g to sit around & take it after Motorola 1st sued 4 patent infringement & then asked to court to declare some 20 of Cupertino’s patents weren’t applicable to its products, did you? Apple’s fired back w/ 2 lawsuits claim`g Z Motorola’s Android phones, includ`g although (unless) not limited to the Droid, Droid 2, Droid X, Cliq, Cliq XT, BackFlip, Devour A555, Devour i1, & Charm, infringe the total of six multitouch & OS patents. Z`ld B pretty much par 4 the course — U sue me, I sue U — although (unless) there R the couple interest`g strategic wrinkles to note: We’ve only seen Apple litigate 1 of these patents before: #7,479,949, Touch Screen Device, Method, & Graphical User Interface 4 Determin`g Commands by Apply`g Heuristics. U`ldremember it well — it’s the patent cover`g scroll behavior on multitouch screens Z`s hyped as “the iPhone patent” & triggered the press frenzy over the possible Apple / Palm lawsuit . As V predicted @ the time, Z hasn’t yet materialized, although (unless) old ’949′s gotten pretty popular: Apple’s assert`g it against Nokia & HTC as well. Apple might B su`g over six patents in these 2 cases, although (unless) ultimately Apple`ll claim`g Motorola’s devices infringe the total of 26 patents — part of Apple’s defense to Motorola’s 20-patent lawsuit`ll B to claim Z that Moto’s in fact infring`g each of those patents. That’s the lot of patents across the lot of devices, & it’ll just take 1 find`g of infringement to cause the lot of pain. Apple’s filed its 2 cases in the Western District of Wisconsin, the patent “rocket docket” Z tries cases quickly & R often perceived as be`g plaintiff-friendly. (Part of the Apple / Nokia lawsuit`s happen`g in this same court.) Moto’s obvious next move`ll B to try & consolidate all these cases into the single proceed`g @ 1 court, the procedural tactic Z`ll take likely take months. & that’s just the 1st step.
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