Fans of Xbox can relax. A US judge has ruled that Microsoft's
Xbox system does not violate Google's Motorola Mobility patent. The decision was made by the US
International Trade Commission Judge David Shaw, who decided to take
Microsoft's side in this case.
The Xbox is the most popular game console in
this country, reporting higher sales every year than Sony PlayStation or
Nintendo’s Wii. Last year alone,
the Xbox generated more than $9.6 million in sales, and accounted for 13% of
Microsoft's revenue.
In 2010, Motorola Mobility filed a complaint
with the International Trade Commission, in retaliation for a demand made by
Microsoft for royalties on Motorola cell phones that used Google’s Android Operating
System. That led to allegations by
Microsoft as well as regulators that Motorola Mobility was abusing its patents
to limit competition.
In January, Motorola Mobility dropped at
least 2 video-decoding patent lawsuits.
That decision came after Google settled with the US Federal Trade
Commission, and reached an agreement regarding how the company would deal with patents
related to standards applied to the industry.
In April last year, the judge decided that 4
out of the 5 patents in this case were infringed. However, the International Trade Commission asked him to
review the case again.
Patent infringement litigation is a
complicated area of law, because it includes not just legal aspects but also
technological aspects. These
lawsuits revolve around which individual or which company is the legitimate
owner of the patent, and has the right to use the ideas included in the
patent.
If you are a patent owner, who believes that
his property has been wrongfully infringed on by the use, distribution, manufacture
and sale of a product that uses the patent, contact a California patent infringement lawyer to learn how you can protect
your rights.
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