The Oberlandesgericht München (Munich Higher Regional Court
- The court rejected Google’s attempt remove the injunction Microsoft won last year over a text-messaging-related patent. Google’s acquired IP from Motorola turns out again to not benefit Google in another lawsuit.
- The court decided to postpone its decision on the cross-appeal of Apple’s photo gallery injunction against Motorola to May 16th. Google obviously wants to remove this injunction but some predict that Apple may be able to get an even broader ruling on its current injunction.
- The court sided with Google to remove the injunction over Apples slide-to-unlock patent because the Bundespatentgericht (
Florian Müller said there is nothing very special about these rulings except for that they continue trends we have seen and that it is important to note the decisions to stay on top of what is going on in the patent war.
Google not doing too well against MSFT, but doing well against Apple. Motorola buyout didn't turn out the way Google had hoped. Plus, all these just in Germany. It's hard just to keep track all these law suits.
ReplyDeleteI agree it is very difficult to keep track of all of the lawsuits. Google may be doing well against one company and badly against another but this could dramatically change in a few weeks.
DeleteI like that the court systems over there seem to take pride in understanding the patent wars taking place whereas we have courts inside the US that are just not very knowledgeable on many technological subjects.
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