Motorola Mobility Suing Apple [Patent Infringement]

Let the newest patent war begin! Motorola Mobility is suing Apple, announcing on Wednesday that they have filed a case with the International Trade Commission (ITC) that alleges that the Applie iPad, iPod Touch and some Mac computers are infringing on their technology.

The case was filed in several districts, specifically Northern Illinois and Southern Florida and includes three complaints against Apple. Within the 3 complaints there are 18 different patent violation claims that range from GPRS and WCDMA technology to antenna designs, software application management, proximity sensors and 802.11 WiFi technology.

At the forefront of the complaints is Apple’s MobileMe and App Store technologies.

More than likely if the complaints are valid we’ll hear a lot of back and forth and then like the Nokia/Qualcomm battles there will be an agreement to swap patent technologies alongside some type of settlement. Given the length of time Motorola has been in the cellular market I’m just surprised it took them so long to file a case against Apple over the technologies they had been working with for far more years.

img credit: SlashGear