ITC Finds No Violation for Most Patents, Continues to Review Another in Motorola-Apple Smartphone Battle
The International Trade Commission found no violation with respect to some claims in its Section 337 a smartphone patent battle between complainant Motorola Mobility and respondent Apple, but remanded an administrative law judge’s determination of no violation with respect to another patent. The ALJ had found a Section 337 violation by Apple’s products in the ITC’s investigation of certain wireless communication devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers and components thereof (337-TA-745), but the ITC reversed the finding. Instead, the ITC ordered the ALJ to take another look at a finding of no violation with respect to a different patent.
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 10110457 for summary of the institution of this investigation in 2010, and 12062819 for summary of an ITC notice that it would review the ALJ’s determination. See also ITT’s Online Archives 12060718 for summary of comments submitted by the Federal Trade Commission in this proceeding, which said the ITC should not issue an exclusion order.)