Apple has one less patent battle to wage, as Bloomberg reports that a U.S. District Judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought against the company by Golden Bridge Technology.
Golden Bridge, an intellectual property licensing firm, sued Apple in 2010, alleging that Apple had infringed on patents it holds regarding power level maintenance in CDMA 3G technologies. Golden Bridge had also filed suit against AT&T and Motorola Mobility, and, in a separate case, Amazon over the same technologies. The motions against AT&T and Motorola had previously been dropped.
Apple had moved for the case to be dismissed, saying that Golden Bridge’s claims were either invalid, obvious, or anticipated by patents held by Ericsson. The case was scheduled to go before a jury, but U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson canceled the trial, finding Golden Bridge’s case insufficient.
“The record evidence remains consistent with the finding of non-infringement,” Robinson wrote in an order dismissing the case.
Apple did not comment on the case. However, Golden Bridge’s legal representatives expressed disappointment, and signaled an intent to appeal the decision.
“We respect the judge greatly,” Michael Kelly, a Golden Bridge attorney told Bloomberg, “but justice wasn’t done and of course we will appeal.”
