A German court has dismissed damage claims of about $2.2bn, filed by IPCom, against Apple over allegations that the iPhone maker used its technology without permission.
The Mannheim Regional Court ruled that Apple did not infringe on two patents brought before it by the Munich-based, which has sued several mobile manufacturers over technology it purchased from Robert Bosch in 2007.
The court ruled: "Two lawsuits against Apple, including one involving a €1.57billion ($2.2 billion) "partial" damages claim, and one against HTC (a company IPCom has been suing for about six years) were dismissed because the court concluded that Apple and HTC didn’t infringe a certain IPCom patent family by implementing the 3G/UMTS standard."
IPcom had argued Apple was using a system for which it owned a patent that determined priority for calls on mobile networks.
IPCom, which own rights to nearly 1,200 patents associated with mobile phones and networks, has also sought payments for its patents from several tech firms.
Several other mobile firms have contested IPCom’s allegations in court or sought the European Patent Office to re-examine the patents owned by licensing firm.
