Apple Suspends iCloud/MobileMe Push Email in Germany Due to Lawsuit

[MacRumors]

As noted by Engadget, Apple has informed customers that Push email service has been suspended for iCloud and MobileMe customers in Germany due to successful patent litigation by Motorola Mobility.

Affected customers will still receive iCloud and MobileMe email, but new messages will be downloaded to their devices when the Mail app is opened, or when their device periodically fetches new messages as configured in iOS Settings. Push email service on desktop computers, laptop computers, and the web is unaffected, as is service from other providers such as Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync.

Mail services are otherwise available for both iCloud and MobileMe, but mail must be fetched manually or at a certain interval of time.

Motorola won the injunction in early February, and was able to enforce it by posting a 100 million euro bond. Apple is appealing the decision and Motorola may be liable for some amount of damages if it is later overturned. Apple states in the support document that it believes Motorola's patent is invalid and is appealing the decision.

Article Link: Apple Suspends iCloud/MobileMe Push Email in Germany Due to Lawsuit

 

[JSpence]

keine Möglichkeit!!

 

[macphin]

stop this **** already

 

[Madmats]

Nej det är väl inte mögligt?

How about them Apples? All these patent things need to stop. Now. It's way over the silly line.

 

[haruhiko]

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As noted by Engadget, Apple has informed customers that Push email service has been suspended for iCloud and MobileMe customers in Germany due to successful patent litigation by Motorola Mobility.Mail services are otherwise available for both iCloud and MobileMe, but mail must be fetched manually or at a certain interval of time.

Motorola won the injunction in early February, and was able to enforce it by posting a 100 million euro bond. Apple is appealing the decision and Motorola may be liable for some amount of damages if it is later overturned. Apple states in the support document that it believes Motorola's patent is invalid and is appealing the decision.

Article Link: Apple Suspends iCloud/MobileMe Push Email in Germany Due to Lawsuit

Yeah, why don't just sue Google over their Google Sync Push Mail too?

 

[juanm]

Great. So everybody wins on this one.

 

[arn]

Yeah, why don't just sue Google over their Google Sync Push Mail too?

Cause Google owns Motorola now?

arn

 

[Exhale]

Yeah, why don't just sue Google over their Google Sync Push Mail too?

Licensing, perhaps. You're allowed to use someone elses **** as long as you just get an agreement going about it - something Apple are notorious for refusing.

 

[Lennholm]

Nej det är väl inte mögligt?

How about them Apples? All these patent things need to stop. Now. It's way over the silly line.

"No, it can't be moldy" in Swedish?

 

[Exhale]

"No, it can't be moldy" in Swedish?

mögligt should be möjligt, thus becoming 'possible'.

 

[locust76]

"No, it can't be moldy" in Swedish?

Using my knowledge of German to read his Swedish, I would have to say he probably said something to the effect of "No, it can't be possible"

Also:

Det är inte sant. Det är omöjligt!

Sök dina känslor, du vet att det är sant!

NEJ!

 

[ImperialX]

Cause Google owns Motorola now?

arn

Everyone knows Google bought Motorola just for the patents.

 

[MadGoat]

So are they going to sue RIM as well? Maybe sue MS because their exchange servers push.


Or is this strictly an 'out to get Apple' tactic?

 

[Exhale]

So are they going to sue RIM as well? Maybe sue MS because their exchange servers push.

They can't, due to being different push systems. (Also why only mail is brought down)

 

[2992]

happy IPR games dear Apple. You've started this, now we the end-users can "enjoy" the results. FY!

 

[locust76]

Or is this strictly an 'out to get Apple' tactic?

It's like a Jerry Springer chairfight, but instead of chairs, they're lawsuits, and instead of trashy people, they're companies.

 

[Madmats]

"No, it can't be moldy" in Swedish?

Correct, it's a reference for my fellow Swedes around here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XUNF5nzH50&feature=youtu.be&t=11m54s

 

[Exhale]

Correct, it's a reference for my fellow Swedes around here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XUNF5nzH50&feature=youtu.be&t=11m54s

Oh my, I forgot about that.

 

[Dasdard]

Great. So everybody wins on this one.

Juan you have the best signature ever.

 

[tblrsa]

Appeal!

 

[WvB22]

This is getting old. It's about time that Apple does something with that billions of dollars. Why did they let Google snug away with Motorola. Apple could see this coming for miles but still they're acting like a little school kid that wants to be right at everything you throw at him. This is crippling the iCloud service in a big way. No push email on iPhone with iCloud is a huge deal. I'm really starting to wonder why all tech companies are bashing on Apple this hard. Is it just because they know a big jar of honey is in Apple's faults or is it because of Apple's notoriously bad licensing habits. I bet it's a combination of both. Good times to be a lawyer firm working for Apple.

 

[jroadley]

How is this good for the customer?

 

[ChazUK]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.3; en-gb; Galaxy Nexus Build/IML74K) AppleWebKit/535.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) CrMo/16.0.912.75 Mobile Safari/535.7)

With the workarounds posted, this seems little more than a minor inconvenience from my perspective.

 

[marcusj0015]

*Facepalm* Why cann't they let Apple finally make the world easier? what could they possibly have against iCloud?

 

[iPhysicist]

iDislike

... ONE point of having a smart phone is to let do it some of my brains work even when it is easy to bypass. I just set 'get email' to a 15min interval. Even important email can wait 15min

I know Apple is going to pay whatever it will take to get push back so I will sit this one out