Apple Violates One Motorola Wi Fi Patent Says Itc Judge

According to a report from Bloomberg, U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Thomas Pender has ruled in favor (PDF) of Motorola and claimed Apple’s devices infringe on one Android-related patent owned by the company. The ruling is only a partial victory for Motorola’s attempt to receive an injunction on iPhones and iPads, because the judge’s decision will still have to be reviewed before import blocks can be achieved:

As for the Wi-Fi patent in question (# 6,246,697), Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet told AllThingsD that Motorola refused to license its industry-standard technology on “reasonable terms”:

Motorola provided the following statement to AllThingsD regarding the court’s decision:

Apple lost its own ITC infringement case against Motorola when it sought an injunction originally filed in 2010. According to today’s report, Apple is appealing the decision.