There are literally no words (at least no family-friendly ones) to interpret the insanity that is the ongoing legal war between well-nigh every player in the mobile scene. You can't lay the blame entirely at Cupertino's stoop either -- Motorola, HTC and Samsung all deserve plenty of our ire as well. The tablet and smartphone gang appears to be trying to sue itself out of existence, and Apple's filing today against Motorola Mobility in the US quarter Court of Southern California is just latest in a long line of legal ploys likely to inspire you to slam your head against a wall. The purveyors of all things "i" has accused Moto of breaching a licensing bond with Qualcomm when Moto hit Apple with four patent claims in Germany. That license covers field pick up* internet banking components Qualcomm uses in its MDM6610 chip, and also purportedly covers Qualcomm's swap who booty* and use said chips. Naturally, that bit of silicon is a constituent in the iPhone 4S, so Apple argues that it's safe under the terms of the contract. Furthermore, Cupertino claims Motorola is barred from suing under the doctrine of exhaustion -- which is a legal defense that once a patented item is sold (i.e. when Moto licensed its scientific mastery to Qualcomm), the patentee's control over that item is bleary and it can't sue anyone else for infringement.

So, this new suit filed in San Diego seeks to prevent Motorola from enforcing its claims in Deutschland. It also aims to keep Motorola from suing Apple for its use of Qualcomm components incorporating licensed Moto applied science all over else. Confused? We won't lie, we are a little bit too, but all is revealed in the grievance - synonyms from thesaurus.com































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