In another face of the ever turning world of patent battles,
Reuters
reports Microsoft has snagged a victory over Motorola as the 9th US
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in its favor today. Motorola had obtained
an injunction in Germany against Microsoft products -- including the
Xbox 360 and Windows 7 -- based on its h.264 patents back in May, but
today the court upheld a previous decision putting enforcement on hold because of Microsoft's existing lawsuit against Moto for breach of contract. Microsoft's push to leverage its patents into licensing payouts
from manufacturers of Android devices have seen the two at each other's
throats since at least 2010, when the folks from Redmond lodged an ITC
complaint over nine patents and followed up with another suit accusing
Motorola of charging unfair license fees for its patents. Motorola fired
back with its own pair of lawsuits -- all of this a year before we
heard it would be acquired by Google -- and the battle was on.
Whether or not this moves us any closer to any resolution remains to be
seen, but at least Bavarian gaming consoles are safe, for now.
Source
engadget
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