Foss Patents notes that this lawsuit is a continued example of how Google's $12.5 bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility has not given Google the ability to freely cross-license its Android platform. Instead, Google's $12.5 bn acquisition appears to only providing Google with a trickle of licensing fees (far below t he $4 bn that Google initially envisioned), while Microsoft has gained import-bans and injunctions against Google.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Blog 16: Google Lacks Mobility in Patent War
In continuation of Google's flagging attempts to defend itself through Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio, a judge at the ITC ruled that the Xbox controller does not violate Motorola's patent on a "sensor controlled user interface for portable communication device[s]". This will be the fifth patent that will be withdrawn from consideration from the legal battles between Google and Microsoft. Four other patents in this trial have been withdrawn because Google has agreed to either settle or has dropped the suits outright. It is interesting that Google decided to use this Motorola patent to sue Microsoft on a patent unrelated to the smartphone industry.
Foss Patents notes that this lawsuit is a continued example of how Google's $12.5 bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility has not given Google the ability to freely cross-license its Android platform. Instead, Google's $12.5 bn acquisition appears to only providing Google with a trickle of licensing fees (far below t he $4 bn that Google initially envisioned), while Microsoft has gained import-bans and injunctions against Google.
Foss Patents notes that this lawsuit is a continued example of how Google's $12.5 bn acquisition of Motorola Mobility has not given Google the ability to freely cross-license its Android platform. Instead, Google's $12.5 bn acquisition appears to only providing Google with a trickle of licensing fees (far below t he $4 bn that Google initially envisioned), while Microsoft has gained import-bans and injunctions against Google.
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It will be interesting to learn what Google's plans were with the Motorola buy, for now it just seems to be cleaning up or trying to clean up messes caused by the purchase.
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