In 2010, the MobileMedia company sued Apple, claiming that 14 of its patents were infringed by the company from Cupertino. 2 years later and after a trial of only one week, MobileMedia came out victorious, the jury present at the trial ruling that Apple infringes 3 patents of the plaintiff. MobileMedia owns over 300 patents, some of which belonged to Nokia or Sony companies in the past, and in the case of Apple it was proved the infringement of three patents for the camera and the system for accepting/running calls, plus the one for rejecting calls.
Apple Inc. lost an infringement case brought by patent-licensing firm MobileMedia Ideas LLC when a federal jury decided the maker of the iPhone misappropriated protected technology for handheld devices. Horn said one patent is for the camera phone and others cover call handling and call rejection. He said MobileMedia has a portfolio of about 300 patents.
The court has not yet decided what damages Apple will be forced to pay for patent infringement, but a trial will take place soon and for now Apple has recorded a loss on the stock market, the value of its shares falling by $6. Apple could pay tens or hundreds of millions of dollars for the infringement of these patents, all depending on the number of terminals for which the infringement is found.
