THE situation Android is in seems to be improving on the legal front. Apple meets blowback and the Oracle case seems to be weakening with Lindholm and Cockburn making an appearance again. What Microsoft lobbyists try to portray as Google aggression is in fact always defensive and reactionary. This too is a case of deterrence against Apple (after Apple sued):
“The court has come to the conclusion that the wording of the patent does cover functions that were at issue here,” Voss said Feb. 3. Apple “wasn’t able to convince the court that it isn’t infringing.”
ICloud is a service that automatically stores photos, songs and other files on servers at Apple’s data centers for use on all of a customer’s gadgets.
The case is the second Motorola Mobility, the mobile-phone maker being acquired by Google Inc. (GOOG), has won in a German court against Apple. The company is seeking to enforce an injunction in the first case involving a cellular-communications patent that led Apple to remove some older iPhones and iPad models from its online store in Germany overnight.
Barnes & Noble just gained a big ally in its patent-infringement battle with Microsoft.
An attorney in the U.S. agency where the fight is being waged said he thinks the bookseller is in the right.
Jeff Hsu, a staff attorney at the U.S. International Trade Commission, said that he is recommending that ITC Judge Theodore Essex find there was no violation by Barnes & Noble of three Microsoft patents, reports Bloomberg.