Following Motorola filing an injunction against Apple in Germany, the Tech giant Apple has told a German court that it is set to loose $2.7 billion if the court side with Motorola.
The patent in dispute is one that is reference an “email syncing patent” according to a report by Bloomberg Apple has reportedly requested the court to demand Motorola provide $2.7 billion in collateral in the event the judge sides with Motorola.
German courts often require the winning side in a case to post collateral if it wants to enforce a ruling while the other side is appealing. The amount reflects the losses the party is facing when forced to comply with the ruling. If it wins the appeals, it can seek damages and can make use of the collateral held for that.
While we have no ide how Apple has came to that mammoth figure it seems the Judge from the German court does not totally agree with the Figure he said;
“I am not yet entirely sure that amount adequately mirrors the commercial value of this dispute … The technology isn’t a standard and there are alternative ways to provide the same services.”
The patent at the center of the case, according to FossPatents it was originally filed in 1996 to cover a method of synchronizing settings from a pager across multiple devices through a backend server, functionality Motorola says is similar to features of Apple’s iCloud service. Apple reportedly refused to defend itself against the patent in question as it relates to iCloud, but could be forced to employ an alternative method of synchronization or remove access to iCloud software in Germany if an injunction is ultimately granted. Another hearing is slated for December 2 in Mannheim.
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