This fight between Microsoft and Motorola has escalated. Earlier this week, Microsoft sued Motorola for patent infringement… Again. I say again because that happened in October:
The suit, filed in the a Seattle federal court, accuses Motorola of breaching a so-called RAND agreement for patents covering the H.264 video codec and various extensions of the 802.11 Wi-Fi technology. Both are used in the Microsoft Xbox video-game console, among other products, Microsoft said.
Motorola doesn’t seem to want to take this lying down. So they filed a couple of lawsuits of their own:
Motorola filed separate suits in both the Southern District of Florida as well as the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging that Microsoft’s products infringed at least six of Motorola’s patents.
So, I think it’s safe to assume that a quick settlement is out of question. I think it’s also safe to assume that some lawyers will be driving some new cars very shortly thanks to the money they’ll be making.
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Motorola And Microsoft Trade More Lawsuits
This fight between Microsoft and Motorola has escalated. Earlier this week, Microsoft sued Motorola for patent infringement… Again. I say again because that happened in October:
The suit, filed in the a Seattle federal court, accuses Motorola of breaching a so-called RAND agreement for patents covering the H.264 video codec and various extensions of the 802.11 Wi-Fi technology. Both are used in the Microsoft Xbox video-game console, among other products, Microsoft said.
Motorola doesn’t seem to want to take this lying down. So they filed a couple of lawsuits of their own:
Motorola filed separate suits in both the Southern District of Florida as well as the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging that Microsoft’s products infringed at least six of Motorola’s patents.
So, I think it’s safe to assume that a quick settlement is out of question. I think it’s also safe to assume that some lawyers will be driving some new cars very shortly thanks to the money they’ll be making.
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