Apple-Motorola Suit Dismissed: Judge is Not Impressed (AAPL, GOOG, ORCL)
US District Court Judge Richard Posner has decided, for the moment, to dismiss two-year old patent litigation involving Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Motorola Mobility, now merged with Google Inc.(NASDAQ: GOOG). The trial, scheduled to begin Monday, has been cancelled…
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In his tentative dismissal, the judge said that neither side could show a “right of relief” for the alleged violations, which fails to demonstrate a case for damages. Posner said he would file a longer opinion within a week and noted that he may change his mind.
This is the second time in a the past two weeks that Google has essentially won a patent dispute. A patent suit brought against the company by Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has been narrowed to final damage determination stage that is likely to amount to a token payment from Google to Oracle for a patent violation related to the Java programming language.
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Paul Ausick has been writing for 247Wallst.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.
He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.
