German Court Issues Injunction Against iPhone & iPad

angry tapir writes "A German court has ruled that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany, in the latest move in a long series of legal battles between the companies. It's the latest stage in the international patent conflict that's been raging over mobile devices, which has included the recent Samsung victory over Apple in an Australian court and a defeat for Samsung in a Dutch court."

Be done

[Anonymous Coward]

Just ban all mobile phones and tablets and be done with it.

Re:P0WN3D!

[exomondo]

Will be fun to watch where the dominos end up.

fallen....like a house of cards....checkmate.

Re:Checkers anyone?

[SteveTheNewbie]

Won't work. Apple will sue as they own the colour white as well.

Re:Phone Wars

[similar_name]

Begun, the phone wars have.

Re:*cries*

[shutdown -p now]

You can't - I've patented that business method.

Re:Be done

[Cigarra]

Just ban all mobile phones and tablets and be done with it.

King Solomon, is that you?!?

Karma...

[luis_a_espinal]

... is a poetic, totally awesome bitch.

Re:P0WN3D!

[spyder-implee]

I thought the poetic part was that the German economy was the only one in the Euro where people might actually be able to afford an iPhone/Pad.

Re:Great!

[Fluffeh]

I think I would prefer to see these companies slug it out akin to the ancient gauls [wikipedia.org]:

Another very important aspect of Celtic ritual warfare at this time was single combat. To settle a dispute and measure one's prowess, it was customary to challenge an individual warrior from the other army to ritual single combat to the death while cheered on by the opposing hosts. Such fights were common before pitched battle, and for ritual purposes tended to occur at river fords. For examples of this behavior, one can read the epic literature of Ireland, such as the Ulster Cycle and Fenian Cycle, as well as accounts of Gaelic wars such as the "Wars of the Gael with the Foreigners" and Geoffrey Keating's "History of Ireland.

Ritual Combat would later manifest itself in the duel, as seen in the Scottish Martial Arts of the 18th century. The victor was determined by who made the first-cut. However, this was not always observed, and at times the duel would continue to the death.

"You there! Lawyer with the brown briefcase, I pick YOU for combat. Prepare yourself!"

Re:He who lives by the sword...

[ross.w]

I think in this case, it's more likely to be "Fruit Ninja"

Re:P0WN3D!

[Colonel Korn]

Just take a deep breath and try for one moment to appreciate just how many Motorola's Apple's $81 billion bux would buy, outright. How many legal hours do you think that represents? How many companies can afford to do battle at these scales? Do you really think Germany is that important when China sits there with a 1% Apple penetration?

Legal issues aside, sonny, you may want to reconsider calling this dominoes. It's clear you're not familiar with the game or business, in general.

And it's clear you're not familiar with a mixed metaphor.

Re:P0WN3D!

[Anonymous Coward]

Okay, the hyperbole just crossed some event horizon of hilarity.

Mankind's great challenge over the next 88 years: patents and copyrights. They will DESTROY HUMANKIND.

Re:P0WN3D!

[Hognoxious]

trapezoidal in shape, no multi-touch and nothing resembling a screen on one side and a back on the other.

Actually, the screen will be on the back because that's the only configuration Assple haven't patented. To use it you'll have to hold it wrong.