The move is related to an ongoing legal battle with Motorola
Apple on Friday removed some of its products from its online store serving Germany due to a court injunction in its dispute with Motorola, but shortly after it removed the products, a suspension of that injunction allowed Apple to again start selling them.
In December, the Mannheim Regional Court ruled that some iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany. The companies are engaged in a series of legal battles in Europe and the US around patent infringement.
Apple on Friday removed some of its products from its online store serving Germany due to a court injunction in its dispute with Motorola, but shortly after it removed the products, a suspension of that injunction allowed Apple to again start selling them.
In December, the Mannheim Regional Court ruled that some iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany. The companies are engaged in a series of legal battles in Europe and the US around patent infringement.
It's not clear why the injunction was lifted so quickly. Patent expert Florian Mueller, who has been closely following the case, said that under German law such an injunction could be lifted if Apple made a reasonable offer to license the patent in question.
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