Google withdraws U.S. patent complaint against Apple

Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility has dropped a complaint of patent infringement against Apple without explanation.

In a brief filing with the International Trade Commission, Motorola Mobility said it was dropping without prejudice a complaint that Apple had infringed on seven Motorola patents. Florian Mueller, who was first to report the withdrawal on his blog, said he believed that Google withdrew the complaint to prevent it from being consolidated with an earlier case, thus slowing that case down.