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BlkPaladin said:

It means that Microsoft has one patent against Motorola while Motorola has 4 against Microsoft. So it seems a agreement will be made but Microsoft will probably be the one paying. (Considering that >18% of US 360's are probally worth more than all the Android handsets Motorola has shipped.)

well i think Microsoft knew they will be the one need to pay

btw is both ban must start now or what



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Man, all of these patent wars in the tech industry never stop. The keep suing eachother, and they also work together.



Hope motorolla kick microsofts corrupt as.



snowy4manutd said:
Hope motorolla kick microsofts corrupt as.

Your spelling and grammer is rather corrupt.



WiiBox3 said:
Man, all of these patent wars in the tech industry never stop. The keep suing eachother, and they also work together.


It's all part of the game, they use the leverage of cases like this to score better contracts with the company they are making claims against. This will be resolved with Microsoft making a concession in a different area of their business, it's standard procedure and not even newsworthy.



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D-Joe said:
BlkPaladin said:

It means that Microsoft has one patent against Motorola while Motorola has 4 against Microsoft. So it seems a agreement will be made but Microsoft will probably be the one paying. (Considering that >18% of US 360's are probally worth more than all the Android handsets Motorola has shipped.)

well i think Microsoft knew they will be the one need to pay

btw is both ban must start now or what

No if I read correctly the trade commision (forget which one I'm a little tried after working all night) has to finialize it (they have a day or two) then once finialized it goes to the president who has 60 some days to approve it so a ban can still be struck down in as little as 24-hours. Though since the judge handed in a verdict in favor of Motorola I think the German ban maybe able to go through now if an agreement isn't reached.



alright now i am confused who won the case and is this really the end of the xbox in America? (and if america then it is in general)



AmericanAli said:
alright now i am confused who won the case and is this really the end of the xbox in America? (and if america then it is in general)

Both Microsoft and Motorola each won victories in the ITC.  However, there is a separate case still pending regarding another set of patents.

Motorola's two cases involve Wi-FI and H.264.  In the US, it appears the recommendation will be to ban the import and sale of the Xbox 360 S because it violates the Wi-Fi patents.  A preliminary decision was found Microsoft also in violate of the H.264 patents, however Microsoft is arguing that Motorola isn't licensing its patents fairly, reasonable and nondiscriminatorily as they agreed to do.

Microsoft won it's case against Motorola involving one of its patents, which has resulted in a ban on the import and sale of specific Motorola phones.

Both companies will likely appeal any cases they didn't win.  Since both companies are capable of paying any licensing fees, and since both have patents the other is using, this is more or less an issue of going to the table and working out something amicably.  



fillet said:
snowy4manutd said:
Hope motorolla kick microsofts corrupt as.

Your spelling and grammer is rather corrupt.



Grammar*

OT: This is still really interesting. Microsoft are lucky that they don't rely on American sales.



                            

Adinnieken said:
AmericanAli said:
alright now i am confused who won the case and is this really the end of the xbox in America? (and if america then it is in general)

Both Microsoft and Motorola each won victories in the ITC.  However, there is a separate case still pending regarding another set of patents.

Motorola's two cases involve Wi-FI and H.264.  In the US, it appears the recommendation will be to ban the import and sale of the Xbox 360 S because it violates the Wi-Fi patents.  A preliminary decision was found Microsoft also in violate of the H.264 patents, however Microsoft is arguing that Motorola isn't licensing its patents fairly, reasonable and nondiscriminatorily as they agreed to do.

Microsoft won it's case against Motorola involving one of its patents, which has resulted in a ban on the import and sale of specific Motorola phones.

Both companies will likely appeal any cases they didn't win.  Since both companies are capable of paying any licensing fees, and since both have patents the other is using, this is more or less an issue of going to the table and working out something amicably.  



Best post in this thread recently, well said and kept to the facts :)