Motorola Fell victim to Apple today as they also lost a patient against the iPhone makers. This patient court case stemmed from Apple stating that Motorola infringed on a rubber band patent. I need the same Lawyers Apple has they rarely lose any court cases.
Thursday won an injunction against Google Inc.’s (GOOG) Motorola unit over infringement of Apple’s “rubber band” patent, in a ruling which bans the sale of Motorola products in Germany that infringe the patent.
The court, in the southern German city of Munich, didn’t specify how much Motorola will have to pay Apple in damages, or which products will be affected by the judgment.
The patent, EP2126678, concerns scrolling lists, translating, rotating and scaling electronic documents on touch- screen displays. It is known as the rubber band patent for the way the display springs back once a user has scrolled to the bottom of a document on a device like a smartphone.
Motorola, which uses Google’s Android operating system for its devices, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Apple declined to comment on the ruling.
