Patent Infringement Lawsuit: Motorola vs. Apple – Florida Case 3

Motorola Mobility, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Motorola, has filed three separate patent infringement lawsuits against Apple. In the third case filed in the Southern District Court of Florida, Motorola alleges that Apple infringed on six of their patents. The patents cover a wide range of technology including wireless messaging systems, pager status, transferring data and a receiver having a concealed external antenna. Motorola points to various Apple products and services that are allegedly infringing on their patents including all iPhones, the iPad 3G and in some cases all Mac hardware from the MacBook on through to Apple's Mac Pro workstation, MobileMe and more. The presiding Judge in this third case filed in Florida is duly noted as Ursula Ungaro.

The Alleged Patent Infringement In-Part

The following patents are listed in this third lawsuit:

Count 1: The '987 patent, entitled "Receiver Having Concealed External Antenna," duly and lawfully issued on January 20, 1998. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates "to antennas and more particularly to concealment of a pager antenna external to a radiotelephone/pager unit."

Motorola Mobility lists the following products associated with this count: Apple's iPhone 4.

Count 2: the '119 patent, entitled "Multiple Pager Status Synchronization System and Method," duly and lawfully issued on May 19, 1998. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates "to the field of two-way communication devices and, in particular, to information managed therein."

Motorola Mobility lists the following products associated with this count: Apple's MobileMe service, the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPhone 3G, the Apple iPhone 3GS, the Apple iPhone 4, the iPad, the iPad with 3G, each generation of the Apple iPod Touch, the MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac mini and the Mac Pro.

Count 3: the '006 patent, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Communicating Summarized Data," duly and lawfully issued on September 28, 1999. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates "to communications and more particularly an improved method and apparatus for transferring data in a communications system."

Count 4: the '737 patent, entitled "Apparatus for Controlling Utilization of Software added to Portable Communication Device," duly and lawfully issued on December 28, 1999. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates to "communication systems, and more specifically to a method and apparatus for controlling utilization of a process added to a portable communication device."

Motorola Mobility lists the following products associated with this count: The Apple App Store, Apple's, the Apple iPhone, the Apple iPhone 3G, the Apple iPhone 3GS, the Apple iPhone 4, and the iPad with 3G.

Count 5: the '531 patent, entitled "System for Communicating User-Selected Criteria Filter Prepared at Wireless Client to Communication Server for Filtering Data Transferred from the host to Said Wireless Client," duly and lawfully issued on August 8, 2000. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates to "communications and more particularly an improved method and apparatus for transferring data in a communications system."

Motorola Mobility lists the following products associated with this count: Apple's MobileMe service, the Apple iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4, and the Apple iPad with 3G.

Count 6: the '161 patent, entitled "Method and Apparatus in a Wireless Messaging System for Facilitating an Exchange of Address Information," dully and lawfully issued on April 23, 2002. According to Motorola, the patent generally relates to "wireless communication systems, and more specifically to a method and apparatus in a wireless messaging system for facilitating an exchange of address information."

Motorola Mobility lists the following products associated with this count: the Apple iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, and the Apple iPhone 4.

The details pertaining to Motorola's "Request for Relief" are the same as those laid out in our first lawsuit report. It should be noted that David A. Nelson of QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP filed the complaint with the court on behalf of Motorola Mobility, Inc. on October 6, 2010 who seeks a trial by jury. The presiding Judge in this second Illinois case is noted as Ursula Ungaro.

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Posted by Jack Purcher on October 07, 2010 at 08:09 AM in 3. Patently Legal | Permalink | Comments (0)