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wraggster
January 11th, 2013, 00:11
Google has moved to drop two patent infringement claims made against Microsoft related to video compression and wi-fi technology used in the Xbox 360 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/xbox-360/games/7130/xbox-360/).
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_294291_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=294291)The patents in question were developed by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility, which previously sought a ban on the sale of several Microsoft products for allegedly infringing on its innovations.In May 2012 Google won an injunction against Microsoft in Germany, allowing it to impose a sales ban on Xbox 360, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player. However, this was later blocked by a US appeals court (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/370859/motorola-cant-enforce-xbox-360-ban-in-germany/).
In a separate but related, ongoing dispute in a US court, Google and Microsoft are trying to determine suitable royalty rates for the use of the patents, which the Xbox maker wants to licence.
Google is seeking a fee of $4bn (£2.5bn) annually, but Microsoft insists the patents are only worth a quarter of that sum because they're essential to the tech industry as a whole and should therefore be licensed on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/385852/google-ends-one-patent-war-with-microsoft-over-xbox-360/