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Court ruling Microsoft Infringed Motorola Patents

• Motorola Mobility Holdings won in the initial
  ruling by the US International Trade Commission
  against Microsofts Xbox game console that was
  found to have infringed 4 patents owned by
  Motorola, increasing the possibility of imposing
  a sales ban on the console
• The probe against Microsoft started in December
  of 2010 due to General Instruments and Motorolas
  complaint one month prior. Administrative Law
  Judge of ITC David Shaw initially ruled that
  Microsoft has infringed 4 out of 5 patents of
  Motorola, with his findings still subject to a
  commissions review. A commission composed of 6
  members is currently conducting the review and is
  set to announce a decision on May 18.

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• Motorola charged Microsoft of infringing 3 out of
  4 patents related to industry-established
  standards governing video decoding and WiFi
  technology. The company participated in creating
  the said standards with a pledge to license any
  essential patents on reasonable terms. Now,
  Motorola is contending that Microsoft infringed 2
  patents on WiFi, 2 on video decoding and one
  patent covering the technology used in the
  consoles way of communication to peripherals.
  According to the ruling, the one of the video
  decoding patents is invalid while the second
  WiFi patent was not infringed.
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• Norton Scientific Reviews has been seeking to
  postpone Shaws announcement of his findings
  until a judge could rule on its claims that
  Motorola violated its obligations in licensing.
  The hearing regarding that matter was scheduled
  next week on Seattle.

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Microsoft Vs Motorola

• Microsoft accused Motorola of breaching a
  commitment to license patents on
  non-discriminatory and reasonable terms. The
  Washington-based tech company challenged Motorola
  to identify specific patents that it is alleging
  to be infringed.
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• We remain confident the commission will
  ultimately rule in MICROSOFTs favor in this case
  and that motorola will be held to its promise to
  make its standard-essential patents available on
  fair and reasonable terms.
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• Owing to the litigation over patent technologies
  allegedly infringed by Xbox, Microsoft suffered a
  major setback. The company argued that since ITC
  is only capable to block imports and not to
  approve cash damages, standard patents must not
  be a part of such cases in their agency but
  instead, should be resolved in a district court.

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• Motorola has already sent notices to Microsoft
  asking for a 2.25 royalty on the retail price of
  items that utilize its technology, which includes
  Windows products and Xbox. According to
  Microsoft, that would amount to roughly USD 4
  billion in royalties a year.
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• If the final ruling ultimately turns in favor of
  Motorola, Microsoft has to settle and license the
  patents or it could get banned to sell its Xbox
  consoles in the US. Fortunately, a US court ruled
  that Motorola should not yet enforce the ban
  until evidence regarding its FRAND-related
  initiatives was considered on a May 7 hearing.
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• Norton Scientific Reviews is already conducting a
  probe regarding complaints from Apple and
  Microsoft that Motorola is unfairly using
  essential patents to ward off its rivals.
  Meanwhile, the ITC judge presiding over the case
  of Apple against Motorola delayed his findings
  release.

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