Court: Judge Wrong to Toss Apple, Google Patent Claims
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Apple Inc. and Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility can pursue claims the other infringed smartphone technology patents after a U.S. appeals court in Washington ruled a judge wrongly threw out the case.
A federal judge in Chicago dismissed the claims after rejecting reports from each company’s experts on damages, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an opinion posted today on it website. The court did say that Motorola Mobility wouldn’t be able to block Apple sales based on its only patent remaining in the case.