Oct 7, 2010 07:18 GMT  ·  By

On Wednesday, mobile phone maker Motorola announced that its subsidiary, Motorola Mobility, Inc., has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple, alleging that the latter infringes a number of patents related to innovations Motorola developed.

According to the company, Apple’s iPhone, iPad, iTouch and certain Mac computers are those who infringe the said patents.

Moreover, the company announced the filing of patent infringement complaints against Apple in the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of Florida.

The three complaints summarize a number of 18 patents that technology in Apple's core devices and services allegedly infringe, including MobileMe and the App Store. Motorola claims that some of the patents in question include wireless communication technologies, such as WCDMA (3G), GPRS, 802.11 and antenna design, along with key smartphone technologies like wireless email, proximity sensing, or location-based services and more.

“Motorola has innovated and patented throughout every cycle of the telecommunications industry evolution, from Motorola’s invention of the cell phone to its development of premier smartphone products,” Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, said.

“We have extensively licensed our industry-leading intellectual property portfolio, consisting of tens of thousands of patents in the U.S. and worldwide.”

Motorola asked ITC to start an investigation into Apple’s use of Motorola’s patents and ban the importation of infringing products, while issuing an order for sales of these products, and prohibiting their marketing, advertising, demonstration and warehousing.

At the same time, the company notes that, in the District Court actions, it asked Apple to stop using the company's patents, and to provide compensation for the past infringement.

“After Apple’s late entry into the telecommunications market, we engaged in lengthy negotiations, but Apple has refused to take a license,” Kirk Dailey continued.

“We had no choice but to file these complaints to halt Apple’s continued infringement. Motorola will continue to take all necessary steps to protect its R&D and intellectual property, which are critical to the company’s business.”