The news that some of Apple's patents had been invalidated was first reported by patent consultant Florian Mueller.

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Patent consultant Florian Mueller said this was the first clear case of Google suing another company over its patents.

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Patent suit watcher Florian Mueller is now confident that the Xbox 360 won't face any real risk of a ban in 2012, at a minimum.

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This all presents a classic case of market-theory arbitrage, says Florian Mueller, an expert in IP litigation and the person behind the FOSS patents blog.

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Florian Mueller, a German-based analyst in IP law who writes the FOSS Patents blog, thinks the court will probably keep the Galaxy Tab ban in place for Germany, but not for the rest of the E.

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According to Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents, after Samsung asked to add the latest iPads, iPhones and iPod touches to its list of claims and the court approved the addition of the iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1, Apple is trying to put six more devices on the list.

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