Apple’s Patent Dispute With Motorola Mobility Narrowed by Judge
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The number of patents in litigation between Apple Inc. and a Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. unit was reduced by a judge who invalidated two of them, said Apple didn’t infringe a third and found that issues with five others required a trial.
U.S. Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, hearing by special designation a lower-court case in Chicago, struck down an Apple-patented method for drawing graphics on a computer display screen, concluding its terms were too vague.