Patents Drive Motorola Mobility Out of Germany

Patent victories by Microsoft and Apple have stripped Motorola Mobility of products it can legally sell in Germany, Europe’s biggest market where Android is popular. The Google subsidiary is down to zero tablets and three smartphones – the Razr i, Razr MHD and the Gleam. Everything else has been enjoined and can’t come back until Motorola works around the patents it’s been treading on. Motorola thought that would be by mid-summer. It is now reasonably well into October and it’s apparent the fixes have proven illusive.

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