Whilst the Apple vs. Samsung patent war is still going strong, the Apple vs. Motorola Mobility court battle seems to have been resolved, as a full panel of judges from the US ITC (International Trade Commission) have upheld a former ruling which found that Motorola did not infringe upon certain Apple patents.

In October 2010 Apple filed a lawsuit against Motorola in a federal district court in Wisconsin, alleging that the Motorola Droid (Milestone in South Africa), Cliq, BackFlip as well as other smartphones infringes on its patents related to the iPhone’s touch-screen and user interface (UI). This lawsuit was filed in response to Motorola suing Apple at the beginning of that month, claiming that the iPad maker’s iPhone, iPad, as well as some Mac computers infringe on its patents.

On 13 January 2012 an administrative law judge of the US ITC  issued his final verdict in the Apple vs. Motorola case, finding no violation on Motorola Mobility’s part. However, Apple filed a petition of review for this finding on 30 January.

A panel of six ITC judges have now concluded their review of the ALJ’s initial verdict and have handed down a “finding [of] no violation” decision in Motorola Mobility’s favour. The investigation into this patent matter by the ITC has also been terminated.  

According to the FOSS Patents blog, Apple still has the option to appeal this decision in a US federal court.   

In other patent related news, Kodak recently prevented Apple from filing a patent infringement lawsuit against it in a US federal district court.