Hasta La Gadget!

I’ve said it before and I’ll likely say it again–it’s hard to imagine a more secure position to hold in late 2010 than that of a patent lawyer for a smartphone manufacturer. Everyone’s suing everyone else, at this point. Apple added yet another suit to the fire over the weekend, taking on Motorola.

Apple filed two suits against the phone manufacturer citing a total of six different patents infringed upon by company. The suits largely deal with Motorola smartphones, including the Droid, Droid 2, BakFlip Devour A555, Charm, Devour i1, Cliq, and Cliq XT.

The papers issued with the courts cite problems with “smartphones and associated software, including operating systems, user interfaces, and other application software designed for use on, and loaded onto such devices.”

Apple announced the suits to the press, not mincing words in the process. Said the company’s COO, Tim Cook, “We like competition as long as they don’t rip off our IP. Obviously Apple thinks that Motorola has crossed that line.”

Microsoft Sued Motorola early last month over concerns about the company’s Android handsets.