The Seattle Times claims that Florian Mueller, an intellectual property analyst who tracks worldwide patent disputes, says that Motorola is close to winning a case in a German patent fight. Motorola is seeking to get a 2.25% royalty for every sale of Windows 7, Xbox 360, Microsoft Word, and a few other products . The Seattle Time states that the patents at dispute deal with “video compression and decompression technology, covering methods for reducing the amount of bandwidth needed for video that is streamed online.”
This is not the first time Motorola has used its patents to seek royalties. Apple is also in Motorola’s cross hairs as Motorola is also trying to get a 2.25% royalty on every iPhone sale. Motorola was also able to ban the sales of iPhones in Germany for the Friday of last week . Apple has been granted a reprieve and is able to continue selling its products for the time being.
Microsoft currently has some patent agreements in which it receives royalties from Android phone Manufacturers, excluding Motorola. With all these Patent feuds going on, do you believe Microsoft will be able to fight of this attack from Motorola?
