German patent-holding company IPCom was demanding 1.57 billion euros ($2 billion) in damages from California-based technology firm Apple, the regional court for the Mannheim area of Germany announced as it opened a hearing on the case on Tuesday.
Presiding judge Holger Kircher said the court would first seek establish whether or not Apple had violated an IPCom patent in two instances, before ruling on the amount of damages.
After four hours of proceedings on Tuesday, he delayed judgement until February 28. A lawyer for Apple sought dismissal of the case.
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