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Intellectual Property

May 8, 2013

Google subsidiary abused patents, European Commission rules

Google Inc.-owned Motorola Mobility wrongly used its standard essential patents to seek and enforce a sales ban in Germany against Apple Inc., the European Commission ruled in a preliminary opinion Monday.

By Kevin Lee
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Google Inc.-owned Motorola Mobility wrongly used its standard essential patents to seek and enforce a sales ban in Germany against Apple Inc., the European Commission ruled in a preliminary opinion Monday. The commission found that Motorola "should not have recourse to injunctions" against Apple since it agreed to broadly license certain mobile and wireless communications patents under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. The...

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