Motorola Sues Apple with iPhone & iPad

Motorola Mobility filed three lawsuits and a trade complaint against Apple alleging that Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iTouch and some Macintosh computers illegally use Motorola's technology, such as method for distributing message traffic, among others.

"Motorola has innovated and patented throughout every cycle of the telecommunications industry evolution, from Motorola's invention of the cell phone to its development of premier smartphone products," said Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at subsidiary Motorola Mobility. "We have extensively licensed our industry-leading intellectual property portfolio, consisting of tens of thousands of patents in the US. and worldwide."

Motorola, which has lost out heavily to Apple in the cellphone market in the last three years, also filed federal court lawsuits in the Northern District of Illinois and in the Southern District of Florida.