Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc, which was acquired by Google last year, has won a German patent ruling against Apple in a case involving patent infringement claims.

The Mannheim Regional Court ruling favored Motorola in a case involving Apple iCloud service. The ruling may allow the company to block sale of Apple device such as iPhone and iPad in the country if they are found to be offering the service.

The court found that Apple infringed upon a patent belonging to Motorola, to synchronize e-mail accounts. Presiding Judge Andreas Voss said that this makes apple liable for paying damages to Motorola and gives Motorola a right to seek information of past sales from the company.

The iCloud service automatically stores photos, songs and other files on servers at Apple’s data centers and allows users to access the data on their devices remotely.

“The court has come to the conclusion that the wording of the patent does cover functions that were at issue here. Apple “wasn’t able to convince the court that it isn’t infringing,” the judge said.

Alan Hely, a spokesman for Apple responded by saying that the company believes that the patent is an old pager patent and is invalid. He also said that the company would appeal the decision in the country.

This is a second victory for Motorola against Apple in a German court. The company is already aiming to enforce an injunction in the first case involving a cellular-communications patent, which forced Apple to remove some older iPhones and iPad models from its online store for the country.