Apple said it could resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads on its German online shop yesterday after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings in December.

“All iPad and iPhone models will be back on sale through Apple’s online store in Germany shortly,” a spokesman said.

Motorola was not immediately available for comment.

A regional German court in Mannheim ruled on December 9th that Apple Sales International, the European sales subsidiary of Apple, based in Cork, must stop selling or distributing mobile devices that infringe certain Motorola cellular communications patents.

Motorola Mobility has said it had been negotiating with Apple and offering the company “reasonable licensing terms and conditions since 2007”.

The Apple spokesman said: “Motorola repeatedly refuses to license this patent to Apple on reasonable terms, despite having declared it an industry standard patent seven years ago.” – (Reuters)