As noted by Bloomberg, Apple has filed an antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility with the European Commission (EC), accusing the company of violating a promise to license patents on fair terms. The complaint was likely filed earlier than yesterday, which is when Motorola Mobility was informed of it by the EC. A company spokesperson has stated that Motorola Mobility is willing to "negotiate a patent license with Apple."

Apple believes that Motorola is licensing patents against the "fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory" (FRAND) terms, which are designed to force companies to license intellectual property fairly to avoid a possibly monopoly in a certain market.

Earlier this week, the EC approved Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility.