Motorola Files New Patent Case Against Apple

Samsung isn't the only company Apple is battling over patents. Cupertino is also at odds with Motorola Mobility, and that fight just got a bit bigger.

Motorola has filed another complaint against Apple with the International Trade Commission (ITC). It accuses Apple of infringing on seven Motorola patents for mobile phone features like Siri, location reminders, phone and video player, and email notifications.

Infringing products include the iPod touch, the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2, and the new iPad, as well as Macs like the Mac Pro, iMac, Mac mini, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Air.

"We would like to settle these patent matters, but Apple's unwillingness to work out a license leaves us little choice but to defend ourselves and our engineers' innovations," a Motorola spokeswoman said in a statement.

In early June, Chicago Judge Richard Posner between Apple and Motorola. Days later, however, he and said he would allow Apple to pursue an injunction against Motorola devices. But Apple did not present a strong enough case after all, and Judge Posner .

Apple and Motorola, however, have .

Across the pond, a Düsseldorf court in July for a ban on the Motorola Xoom in Germany. But the court also declined to rule that Apple's community design rights for the iPad were invalid.

The latest ITC filing, meanwhile, comes shortly after Motorola announced plans to . According to China Daily, the move has sparked protests at Motorola's China facilities, where workers are saying the layoffs are "illegal."