Apple Germany online sale of iPhones and 3g-iPads strike

Apple may the iPhone 4 and 3GS and iPad 2 with 3g on his own site to sell after a decision by the German court in a case against Motorola over 3g patents. Also would the iCloud service and compatible devices infringe.

Apple has stopped the sale of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS using its own German site. The verkoopstop follows a ruling Friday in a case that Motorola filed. At the beginning of december, the court ruled already that Apple is infringing on Motorola’s patent a technique for data communication describes. Now when the judge has decided that Apple is, indeed, its sale must cease.

The iPhone 4S is out of the judgment and may still via the Apple site to be sold. Also Apple only has the iPad 2 with wi-fi support via his site: in the version with 3g is the message that this is no longer available. In Apple stores and through other distributors continue to be the appropriate devices to purchase, leave a spokesperson of the company to Focus know.

Friday also served another lawsuit between Motorola and Apple. According to the court in the German Mannheim violates Apple with its iCloud service also another patent from Motorola. Also products that use iCloud to work together, such as the iPhone and iPad, according to court infringement. The verdict is a so-called ” permanent injunction arising from a lawsuit in april 2011, filed by Motorola against the service, then as MobileMe through life went. Apple can still appeal, and this most likely also do.

Whether this means that in Germany an outright sales ban is on Apple devices with iCloud operate is not yet clear, writes patentexpert Florian Mueller on his blog. If Motorola an extensive sales ban enforces must do so a deposit of 100 million euros to pay, because the decision in appeal, yet reversed. Should this happen, then Motorola will pay for the cost of the prohibition have been accompanied. Apple had, moreover, requested that the security deposit 2 billion euro would be.