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A German court has dismissed Apple’s claim that Samsung and Google Inc.’s Motorola Mobility infringed patents used in touch-screen devices, reports the “Associated Press” (http://macte.ch/EP6IF).

The Mannheim state court’s ruling Friday follows similar decisions in Britain and the Netherlands. The ruling can be appealed within 30 days.

With the addition of the new Maps platform and Passbook app to its iOS 6 operating system, Apple has extended the reach of its smartphone and tablet ecosystem into the real world, helping to drive the company’s app store revenue up by nearly 70% this year.

Archiware, a provider of multi-platform data backup solutions, has opened its developer lab and released its first free product for the enterprise: WingFS (the FS is for “file system”).

Switzerland’s Swiss Federal Railway service, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen, has accused Apple of using their iconic clock in its Clock app for the iPad without permission, reports “MacRumors” (www.macrumors.com).

Per a report in the Swiss newspaper, “Tages-Anzeiger” (via a somewhat rough Google translation): “The Apple timepiece looks exactly like the famous station clock the SBB out. Now the owner of the rights as SBB demand for financial compensation.

The Apple iPhone 5 has generally met with overwhelmingly positive reviews. The company’s Maps app in iOS 6 … well, not so much.

Apple has ditched the Google Maps application offered in previous versions of iOS and included its homegrown app. However, the response hasn’t been kind. To wit: