victory on making phones Motorola Munich could be extended to other Android phones as patent wars intensify in the European courts (updated)

Apple has won a major battle in the patent in Munich, which could see Motorola smartphone with Google Android software blocks for sale in Germany -. And, potentially, could be extended to other Android phones also

Apple won the case on the basis of the "slide to unlock" the system that was introduced with the iPhone in 2007, on how to enable the touch screen. The court ruled that two of the devices manufactured by Motorola Mobility (MMI) using Android software infringe the patent Apple, as it unlocks the sliding of an icon (a lock) on the screen.

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Motorola

insisted in a statement that the decision would not affect "the current offer or future sales" Report

Apple has not

against Motorola Xoom tablet, which uses the Android 3.0 Honeycomb software is released and moving a lock icon in a circle.

The announcement of the Regional Court of Munich, is the latest in an ongoing battle between Apple and a number of phone manufacturers like Samsung and HTC Android also claiming that infringing patents that it has built-in functions on the iPhone. Apple has already implemented a case in Mannheim, Germany, where the same patent claims against Samsung, the largest manufacturer of Android phone.

early February, Motorola has won a lawsuit against Apple in Mannheim, which would require him to turn off "push" email to your MobileMe icloud and services in this country.

The last statement - that Motorola is expected to attract, but Apple could enforce payment of a deposit in court - even increase tension between Apple and Google, which has received almost all formal approvals you need to complete your purchase of $ 12.5 billion (£ 8 billion) Motorola Mobility (MMI).

"Every time Apple decides to say compared to other manufacturers of Android devices, you can do in Munich with a high probability of success", Florian Müller, an independent analyst was patent in court when the judgment was made, told the Guardian.

"Today's decision is important news in general bad for Android, and Google," Müller said in his blog after the judgment. "Today's decision shows that ... the vise tightening around the neck keeps Android in many ways."

Android operating system was developed by an independent firm started by Andy Rubin, who was acquired by Google in 2005. Google makes the software available for free, but unlike Microsoft through its Windows Phone and Windows Mobile, not to indemnify licensees against claims of patent.

Müller said that Germany - which is the largest smartphone market in Europe, where sales dominate Android phones - has become the focus of current patent wars because their courts take decisions in these cases more quickly than the U.S. federal courts or the U.S. International Trade Commission, which can be applied the ban on imports and exports for the country.

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