Motorola has sued Apple for patent infringement in the latest round of suits that involve mobile technology.
Motorola Mobility sued Apple in three separate complaints; in district courts in Illinois and Florida and a separate complaint filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission. The suits cover 18 different patents, and they allege that Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and certain Mac computers infringe them.
The Motorola patents include wireless communication technologies, such as WCDMA (3G), GPRS, 802.11 and antenna design, and key smartphone technologies including wireless e-mail, proximity sensing, software application management, location-based services and multi-device synchronization, Motorola said. The ITC complaint asks the court to block the import of Apple's allegedly infringing products.
"Motorola has innovated and patented throughout every cycle of the telecommunications industry evolution, from Motorola's invention of the cell phone to its development of premier smartphone products," Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, said in a statement. "We have extensively licensed our industry-leading intellectual property portfolio, consisting of tens of thousands of patents in the U.S. and worldwide. After Apple's late entry into the telecommunications market, we engaged in lengthy negotiations, but Apple has refused to take a license. We had no choice but to file these complaints to halt Apple's continued infringement. Motorola will continue to take all necessary steps to protect its R&D and intellectual property, which are critical to the company's business."
A copy of the suit was not immediately available. Representatives from Apple were unavailable to comment.
Apple has sued HTC over phone technology, including trying to block several Android phones. Meanwhile, Microsoft has sued Motorola, also concerning mobile patents.
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