Article by Angel
The local time 7, where German court, apple infringed MOTOROLA mobile two wireless communication technology patent, and banned by the two technologies products sales in Germany.
This was the single inning zhuo faction. 10 days before, apple won the smartphone design elements in the sliding the slider remove lock screen the patent, also used this one design andros mobile phone in a dilemma for infringement immediately.
The winner of the apple gesture didn’t keep too long, however, two camps can not be laughed for long. In communications industry, such patent war already rolling and events.
Apple in fact
Germany is apple in Europe’s largest single market, but the future within a period of time, there will be a apple launched the defense.
Munich’s patent experts in his blog muller, said Germany mannheim district court has banned apple in Germany two paragraphs of use MOTOROLA patent products, and ask the apple pay MOTOROLA since April 2003 to of tort compensation for damage. No matter whether apple take action, in the second case before, apple will be temporarily banning wireless device.
This is a miss decision, it is understood that ruling issued the first, apple does not response MOTOROLA mobile charged, and banning make already in place. MOTOROLA aspect very pleasantly, says: “in the future will continue to strive to safeguard our patent assets. Through this lawsuit, confirmed that our technology in mobile communication products generally use.”
Apple’s bad news did more than that, half a month ago, apple to California district court of the samsung smartphone submitted infringement charges are court. For this reason, apple to change a complaint, trying to once again in tort, citing court ruling to the latest intelligence product–samsung, iPhone 4 S main competitors Galaxy series products.
Apple and the samsung and HTC andros faction electric (HTC) and MOTOROLA are now lawsuit, and has set up a file in Germany, the Netherlands and Australia to obtain the court ordered, banned the samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 flat in the local sales.
As we have learned, since 2010, apple and MOTOROLA have more touch in between, SMS shows six of the patent infringement litigation.
Marriage also play behind the patent card
In July, Google hand from IBM purchased about 1000 patents, then .5 billion acquisition of the day price MOTOROLA’s mobile department, the purchase for Google brought at least 17000 of 7500 patent and the patent license application.
Earlier, Google desire for 0 million more than 6000 patent acquisition nortel, apple joint Microsoft composed with higher than Google company consortium 4 times the price of the purchase turnarounds from the baseline.
Earlier, in the communications industry in the patent war, Google has been in core location, often with cooperation manufacturer high-profile samsung and HTC electricity (HTC), MOTOROLA cooperation, is to use the patent technology manufacturer itself, to fight with apple. Because in the battle to patent system, with the voice of the JiaoBan andros iOS has increasingly declined.
Google’s patent lawyers potter will patent war broke out the crux of the patent management department to, he thought, for a long time, the Patent Office granted broad, fuzzy, the original creative ideas to patent, these “patent” disguised as invention. So just cause today’s patent litigation.
Patent war has become a strategic tools
The European Patent Office in a future patent system research report, the patent is not just the bulwark of enterprise, it has become the core strategy of the enterprise. In accepting the European commission the enterprise of consultation, 18.7% admitted the applications for patent for the purpose is to prevent competitors. In the fierce competition in the technology industry, in order to under patent claims to already became a kind of strategy.
In the European and American countries, each big enterprise has formed an independent legal department to deal with lousy with patent litigation.
“The patent ‘situation both at home and from abroad to see,” the fundamental interests of the enterprise is to race to appeal the commanding heights of the technology, have good technology to the nascent market share.” The China electronic commerce association, deputy director of the policy and law, we wood said.
We further explained, wood, the core enterprise through the master industry patent to achieve power in check, once encounter rival patent litigation, master the enterprise can use patent to the other party in the hands of the patent fight back, to seek the concession tacit understanding, better protect themselves.
However, this is only “guard” side. We wood, think, “attack” is the enterprise more ambitious, because the technology of industry of patent and link up with of standard, and master the more patent enterprise, the more we can gain the final been setting the industry standard.