Intellectual Property
Apr. 30, 2013
Microsoft beats Google in patent licensing case, avoiding huge payment
Microsoft Corp. scored a victory in a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, avoiding the bulk of royalties the Google Inc.-subsidiary had argued it should receive for licensing its standard essential patents.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Microsoft Corp. scored a victory in a lawsuit against Motorola Mobility, avoiding almost all of the royalties the Google Inc. subsidiary had argued it should receive for licensing its standard essential patents.
U.S. District Judge James L. Robart in Seattle ruled last week that Microsoft should pay annual royalty rates of close to $1.8 million for using the patents, which deal with video compression and...
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