Motorola was happy when the German courts won the case against Apple, but in order for this company to be able to impose its favorable decisions, it was necessary to deposit a bond in the accounts of the German state. Motorola complied with German laws, posted bail, blocked Apple services, but the German state is the loser here because he will have to pay million euros to the Motorola company. Considering that Motorola did not lose the lawsuits in which it filed bails, the company can demand back that money plus the related interest for it, when it wins, and that interest is paid directly by the German state. If Motorola had lost the lawsuits in which it would have filed bail, then that money would have been lost, but this did not happen and the German state could pay several million euros to the Motorola company.
Now I've found out that taxpayers in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, which runs the Mannheim courts, will have to pay millions of euros (corresponding to an even greater dollar amount) to Motorola due to its enforcement of a couple of patents (one of which is standard-essential) against Apple, unless that dispute is settled very soon. That's because Motorola has made a couple of deposits that are required under the law if a company enforces an injunction granted by a court of first instance (here, the Mannheim Regional Court) while the appeal is still ongoing (here, before the Karlsruhe Higher Regional court). Germany owes Motorola interest that will be paid out whenever the deposit is withdrawn, such as after a settlement or a final ruling, but due to rules that the government has to abide by, it can't invest those funds in ways that would generate ( or save) interest income.
All these deposits deposited in the accounts of the statute generate interest of 1% annually and Motorola would have at least two deposits of 100 million euros already deposited. Practically, the German state would have to pay 2 million euros for these two bails every past year since they were submitted, but the processes for which these bails were submitted could only end in two years. The good part is that Motorola has to win those lawsuits to get the money, so if the state loses, it won't pay anything.
In conclusion, Germany is the state where patents are protected even if the state has to pay a lot of money for this.
