Apple, Google Not Interested in Settlement, Judge Says

Apple and Google’s Motorola Mobility unit are more interested in using litigation as a business strategy than in resolving disputes over the use of patented technology, a federal judge in Florida said.

“The parties have no interest in efficiently and expeditiously resolving this dispute; they instead are using this and similar litigation worldwide as a business strategy that appears to have no end,” U.S. District Judge Robert Scola in Miami said in an order. “That is not a proper use of this court.” The handset makers have accused each other of infringing patents related to wireless technology and the case has grown with additional patents since first filed in 2010. It’s part of a global battle for market share as Apple challenges what it considers copycats of its iPhone that run on Google’s Android operating system.