Mobile messaging services could be in trouble in South Korea, after Viber’s recent loss of a patent lawsuit to local mobile operator SK Telecom_led to a ban on its iOS and Android apps in the country. A court ruled in favor of SK Telecom’s claim that Rakuten-owned messaging service Viber’s “feature of reorganizing selected information from contact numbers saved in a smartphone into the application” violated a patent held by the mobile carrier since 2006, reports The Korea Herald. SK Telecom said it will seek to impose a ban on Viber’s apps, but the messaging service has not yet confirmed…

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