摩托罗拉向美国特拉华州地区法院提交了该申请，本月早些时候，摩托罗拉起诉苹果，声称iPhone对它所拥有的专利侵权。提起的诉讼通过一间附属公司实现，公司指责苹果侵犯其18项专利，包括包括3G功能，GPRS，802.11无线和天线设计，甚至连MobileMe和App Store也共同当被告。以下是摩托罗拉请求的专利列表。
- U.S. Patent No. 5,455,599: "Object-oriented graphic system"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,519,867: "Object-oriented multitasking system"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,566,337: "Method and apparatus for distributing events in an operating system"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,915,131: "Method and apparatus for handling I/O requests utilizing separate programming interfaces to access separate I/O services"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,929,852: "Encapsulated network entity reference of a network component system"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,946,647: "System and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data"
- U.S. Patent No. 5,969,705: "Message protocol for controlling a user interface from an inactive application program"
- U.S. Patent No. 6,275,983: "Object-oriented operating system"
- U.S. Patent No. 6,343,263: "Real-time signal processing system for serially transmitted data"
- U.S. Patent No. 6,424,354: "Object-oriented event notification system with listener registration of both interests and methods"
- U.S. Patent No. RE39,486: "Extensible, replaceable network component system"
