Motorola Retaliates Against Microsoft Patent Suit
Let the legal mud-wrestling commence.
Motorola Mobility is taking Microsoft to court in a suit filed with the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida and the Western District of Wisconsin alleging infringement of sixteen patents by Microsoft's PC and Server software, Windows mobile software and Xbox products.
Motorola claims that it has patents that are used in the Windows OS, digital video coding, email technology including Exchange, Messenger and Outlook, Windows Live instant messaging and object oriented software architecture. That's not all though, as there are also Motorola patent objections directed to Windows mobile software relate to Windows Marketplace and Bing maps, as well as even on the Xbox side as it relates to digital video coding, WiFi technology, and graphical passwords.
Motorola Mobility has requested that Microsoft cease using Motorola's patented technology and provide compensation for Microsoft's past infringement.
Of course, this legal spat could have started when Microsoft shot first. Last month Microsoft sued Motorola over patents relating to Android features such as synchronizing email, calendars and contacts, scheduling meetings, and notifying applications of changes in signal strength and battery power.
Kirk Dailey, corporate vice president of intellectual property at Motorola Mobility, noted that Microsoft also has filed separate patent infringement litigation against Motorola. "It is unfortunate," he said, "that Microsoft has chosen the litigation path rather than entering into comprehensive licensing negotiations, as Motorola has mutually beneficial licensing relationships with the great majority of technology companies industry-wide."

No; the purpose of patents is to protect and foster innovation by making sure inventors who do the heavy lifting for new technological advancements can actually reap the benefits of their hard work. Patent law helps protect them from the theft of their intellectual property. The problem is that nowadays patents are too complex and vague and are granted for just about any ridiculous thing that a company can dream up.
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No; the purpose of patents is to protect and foster innovation by making sure inventors who do the heavy lifting for new technological advancements can actually reap the benefits of their hard work. Patent law helps protect them from the theft of their intellectual property. The problem is that nowadays patents are too complex and vague and are granted for just about any ridiculous thing that a company can dream up.
I really think there should be limits on how long you can sit by & watch your patents being used & not do anything about it.
They want basically back pay for long term infringements that would pretty much almost bankrupt MS or at the very least put a big hole in their pockets there a millions upon millions of PC's in the world. I still call BS on Moto's part & this should never see the light of day in a court room. Both MS & Moto really need to sit down & work this out before it starts effecting everyone else & not just them.
not all companies exercise their patent rights, some actually believe in allowing the diverse application of their patents as long as it does not adversely affect their market standings, lets say ford allowed the use of stuff they developed to be used on planes, cause there is no way in heck they going be getting into the airplane business. Moto has decided to exercise these patents because MS decided to take Moto to task over violations of some of their patents, it's moto's way of saying hey you want to come back and negotiate those royalties again, this time with reasonable pricing
It isn't Motorola's fault. Microsoft started the fight and when you pick on a company that's been around as long as Motorola has, innovating for decades, long before little Billy Gates was pooping in his diapers, you may find out you grabbed the wrong end of the snake. Microsoft may think they are big, but they are just too big for their britches as far as Motorola is concerned.
That could be why you aren't a judge
lets assume that the pattents are lisenced out at 1 cent each, up to 5 cents each per license of windows, that would be 16 cents to 80cents a windows, lets say 1 $ for easier math. lets also go back to windows 95 and only comsumer versions, as in 95 98 me xp vista and 7, that would come out to
95 = ?
98 = ?
me = ?
xp = 400
vista = 88 million (2007 number)
7 = 240 million about
at best they will get 16$ a (16 licenses a license of windows) license for back licensing.
and fianly there are allot of electronic pattens, and this is usually how they go. its either its such a basic thing that they dont bother, and never would unless someone pulls a dick move like Microsoft or apple.
if its a major game changing feature, its licensed out, or exchanged for other tech.
I hope the judge throws both of these suits out the Window and orders the lawyers from both companies to be permanently slapped across the face.
First, there is no such a thing like "intellectual property". It is made up propaganda therm by lawyers for the lawyers. There are three different sets of laws: Copyright, Patents and Trade Marks. Only common thing between them is that they are monopolies legalized by the government. So if you like to come with common therm for them it is "Intellectual Monopolies".
Second, Saying that MONOPOLIES promote innovation is like saying that "Credit promotes wealth." Credit only allows you to spend money now, that might be earned later and you pay dear price in the form of interest for that "convenience". So my questions are:
What is 'the interest' we pay for using the patent system and is it worthed at all?
guess intel better just hand over all their non existent research and IP over to AMD then....
personally i think lawyers are low life too but denying the protection of IP is kind of silly
The "Credit" could be very useful tool, but we all know what happens when the tool is used incorrectly. You are going to be bankrupt.
Monopoly, in form of the patent, is a tool also, the problem is that currently we are using this tool incorrectly because we are ASSUMING it helps, but nobody actually have proved that. Also today, you have choice to use credit or not, but we don't have choice in using patent system or not.