A ruling handed down on Friday by the Mannheim Regional Court in
Germany could see sales of Apple’s iOS devices banned across Europe. The
judgement relates to a patent infringement complaint filed by Motorola
last April, when the company accused Apple of infringing a
Motorola-owned patent covering ”a method for performing a countdown
function during a mobile-originated transfer for a packet radio system.”
Friday’s ruling is preliminary, however, and according to Florian
Mueller of
FOSS Patents, it is
only enforceable against Ireland-based Apple subsidiary Apple Sales
International. The injunction formally pertains to the iPhone, iPhone
3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and iPad 2, though the iPhone 4S is
likely covered as well. Apple must now remove the infringing
functionality from its iOS devices or successfully appeal to Karlsruhe
Higher Regional Court in order to avoid the ban.
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