Today’s mobile news roundup features: Apple’s lose in a German court battle; Finnish developers backing Nokia; Samsung Galaxy SIII gets Jelly Bean; Employee brawl resulted in Foxconn shut down; and Facebook mobile payments via carriers making their way across the US, UK and Germany.

Apple defeated in German court

Though Apple may be basking in the success of their iPhone 5 sales, reportedly the fastest selling iPhone ever, they’ve suffered a minor mishap in Germany where their claims that Samsung and Motorola infringed some of their multi-touch patents were dismissed.

According to reports, the Mannheim court rejected Apple’s bid, alleging that the two companies copied how their devices handle input depending on how how many fingers the user is using on the devices’ screens.

In other Apple news, the company resorted to a lottery-type system in selling their iPhone 5 in Hong Kong.  Apple is dealing with scalpers who buy the devices early Hong Kong and smuggles them to China where the devices will be sold at a higher price.  Consumers will need to apply online where the Apple Hong Kong retail store will guide users regarding the process.  A confirmation e-mail will be sent to applicants regarding when they can receive the iPhone 5.   Also, consumers are required to provide identification details when they make the purchase, and those who do not receive a confirmation e-mail will have to re-apply.

Finnish developers support Nokia

Though the world may see Nokia as a dying company, Finnish mobile developers haven’t given up hope.  According to researchers at Finland’s Aalto University, mobile developers are backing Windows Phone 8 mobile phones, as they think the devices have a bright future.  According to reports, Windows Phone has a 32 percent market share Finland and a notable increase in sales.  The boost is due to the fact that a lot of Finnish software companies serve other Finnish companies and because of the earlier popularity of Nokia phones in Finnish enterprises, the software companies assume or hope that the will still be popular in the future.

“They’re not making the next Angry Birds, but there are a lot of these small business-to-business firms that have been able to sell this software to small manufacturing plants perhaps,” researcher Juhana Peltonen said about Nokia’s future.  “And they think, OK, it works on Windows, so why don’t we try it a mobile version of this.”

Samsung Galaxy S III gets Jelly Bean 4.1

Android 4.1 a.k.a. Android Jelly Bean is now rolling out to Samsung’s Galaxy SIII devices in Eastern Europe, starting in Poland.  Samsung earlier predicted that the update would become available in October, so the release is earlier than expected.  The update features better performance – smoother and faster experience because of Project Butter, a reorganized settings menu, two home screen modes, a new Notifications bar, Google Now, and a resizable pop-up play screen.

Foxconn shuts down due to employee brawl

Foxconn Technology Group, the company that manufactures Apple’s iDevice parts, shut down a plant in China after a brawl between 2,000 workers erupted.  It is still uncertain as to how long the plant will be non-operational.

As for the cause of the brawl, some say that it started with a personal row that turned sour, but the message spreading across the social media world says that the brawl erupted because Foxconn security started beating some workers, who then revolted.  But the company denied the reports coming from social sites, claiming that the dispute was the result of a personal conflict.

“The cause of this dispute is under investigation by local authorities and we are working closely with them in this process, but it appears not to have been work-related,” Foxconn said.

Facebook mobile payment via carriers in US, UK and Germany

Social networking giant, Facebook has taken the next step in establishing their mobile platform, teaming up with network carriers in the US, UK and Germany in order to provide a mobile payments service via carrier billing.  The initiative is powered by Bango,  a company that allows the collection of payment for online content and services and provide web analytics for mobile marketing campaigns and sites.  With this partnership, consumers would no longer have to rely on credit cards or use a premium SMS service in order to purchase FB coins.  They can just pay their purchases when their phone bill arrives.