Motorola Mobility, the unit of Google Inc. (GOOG)’s has become ready to to withdraw a patent-infringement complaint it filed
in August against Apple Inc. (AAPL) at the U.S. International Trade
Commission. However, it did not come with any reason for such step.
Motorola Mobility reserves the right to refile claims
against the AAP, and it denied the existence of any agreement
between the two companies, according to filing on the ITC’s
electronic docket. Also, a notice of dismissal was filed in a companion civil
lawsuit filed in a federal court in Wilmington, Delaware.
California based Apple, and Illinois based Motorola
Mobility, have been fighting
about smartphone-related patents since around 2010 after
licensing talks failed. Apple is claiming that
Motorola Mobility violated obligations to license some of its
patents on fair terms. A non-jury trial on the same issue is scheduled to begin in the first week of November this year, in a federal
court in Madison, Wisconsin.
In the case that has been withdrawn, Apple was accused of infringing seven
Motorola Mobility patents on features including interactive
voice commands, location reminders, e-mail notification and
phone/video players. Motorola Mobility said that it hoped the filing of the suit in August and the
threat against Apple’s iPhone would push the two sides into
settlement talks.
In the order passed yesterday by the ITC Judge Thomas Pender said
that he will make a decision by Dec. 21 on that issue.
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