Apple files complaint against Motorola with EC

News Wireless Europe 20 FEB 2012
Apple files complaint against Motorola with EC
Apple filed a complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission, accusing the company of violating a pledge to license industry-standard patents on fair terms. Motorola said in a regulatory filing that it was notified of the complaint by the EC. Apple and Motorola Mobility have sued each other in the US and Europe over technology used in smartphones. Motorola Mobility won two out of three rulings in lawsuits it filed against Apple in a Mannheim, Germany, court, and in one case forced Apple to remove some older iPhone and iPad models from its online store in Germany. Motorola, which has said it's been in licensing talks with Apple since 2007, denied the charge that it's not respecting FRAND terms. "MMI has a long-standing practice of licensing our patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and we offered those to Apple," Erickson said. The EC is already investigating similar allegations against Samsung.

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