{"id":16448,"date":"2012-06-26T03:26:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T01:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=16448"},"modified":"2012-06-26T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T09:01:21","slug":"apple-patent-ruling-to-be-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/16448\/apple-patent-ruling-to-be-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple patent ruling to be revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"

A U.S. trade panel said on Monday it would revisit an initial ruling that Apple Inc<\/a> infringed one of four patents asserted by Motorola Mobility<\/a>, now a Google Inc<\/a> unit.<\/p>\n

The smartphone industry has seen dozens of lawsuits on several continents. The legal challenges are a proxy for the larger fight for market share between Apple and companies that make smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android<\/a> software.<\/p>\n

ITC Judge Thomas Pender had said in a preliminary ruling that Apple infringed on a patent for eliminating noise and other interference during voice and data transmissions.<\/p>\n

Motorola Mobility had originally accused Apple of violating three other patents – including one for touchscreen technology – but the ITC judge found that the company infringed just one.<\/p>\n

Motorola Mobility had asked for the infringing devices to be barred from importation into the United States. The full commission is expected to issue a final ruling in August.<\/p>\n

Representatives for Apple and Motorola Mobility were not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n

The ITC, a U.S. trade panel that investigates patent infringement involving imported goods, is a popular venue for patent lawsuits because it can bar the importation of infringing products and because it issues decisions relatively quickly.<\/p>\n

The panel had also been expected to issue a ruling on Monday on patent infringement claims between Motorola and Microsoft. However, the commission instead said it would postpone any decisions for one week.<\/p>\n

An ITC judge ruled in April that Microsoft infringed four patents owned by Motorola Mobility to make its Xboxes, but did not infringe on a fifth.<\/p>\n

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