Friday, September 6, 2013

The judgment condemning Google / Motorola as a patent troll - Mac4ever

The mantra Google do not be evil , or constant reaffirmations of opening of its mobile operating system stand up to the facts. For Google, through its subsidiary, Motorola, do not hesitate to engage in legal battle against its competitors, Apple, of course, but also Microsoft. Giant research has just been sentenced (technically, it’s Motorola that is) to pay $ 14.5 million in compensation to Microsoft he continued around FRAND patent which must be licensed with a fair and equitable terms. The judgment pronounced in Seattle, also allows Microsoft to use freely invoked by Motorola / Google patents, which relate to data and video transmissions.

Google / Motorola demanded 2.25% royalty on sales of Xbox and some Windows (about $ 4 billion a year) configurations, Microsoft offered 1.2 million in the year. At trial, Microsoft had to pay $ 1.8 million annual royalties. Seattle reverse the judgment of things, it is now Google / Motorola must compensate for Redmond’s action in court based, while the latter can freely use the patents. Quite a backlash.

This judgment is Google (Motorola) a” patent troll “condemned , notes Florian Muller, who repeatedly denounced the double discourse of Mountain View.

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