Appeals court likely to give German iCloud users push email back on 24th, lift Google's injunction
Since Google won a patent injunction claim in February 2012 which they started to enforce the same month. This required Apple to deactivate all push notifications for users accessing the iCloud within Germany. This not only affected the emails but calendar and contact updates.
It is likely and highly expected that these will be nullified given two previous cases that have been nullified. One case was for the slide to lock function on iPhones while the other was for a Samsung phone. If Google in the end loses this case it will owe Apple a lot of money in damages for enforcing an incorrect junction.
It is interesting to see a case actually complete and unfortunate to note that these companies will most likely appeal cases they lose to further drag out the process. The US patent system is not the only patent system that needs help, Germany does as well.
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Google will continue their unlucky streak in patent litigation if they lose this next case in Germany. It will be interesting to see how Apple values the damages that resulted from the injunction, assuming it was enforced incorrectly.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is, I would really like to see a complete list of patents Google, Samsung, and Apple are involved with in court. It seems like even in Germany the court takes appeals seriously and carefully, no matter how long it takes.
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