Microsoft moves to block sale of Motorola Android phones

MS has already signed patient agreements with just about every other android phone maker, why do you think they make more off android than they do there own OS? Motorola was the only company to refuse. They pretty much deserve to get sued.

patent system is so broken

Wow, I guess Microsoft really did want to become more like Apple.

Pathetic.  Clearly they are just trying to clear the competition shelves so when Microsoft’s darling Nokia debuts WP7 phones there are less competition….at least for small window of time.

Motorola doesn’t even sell those phones anymore

All these big companies will all make back room agreements, some cash will change hands, and we won’t notice a difference. 

HTC has been paying MS for a while for their devices, yet their products cost the same or less than before. 

No innovation is being slowed/stopped, companies are just being forced to acknowledge they are using patents from other companies. This has always happened in the tech world and will continue to do so. (Apple/MS didn’t invent the patent lawsuit or did they…dun dun dun)

True innovation would be Apple, MS, Moto, HTC, Samsung, etc creating new ideas that aren’t already patented in some form. The basics were made a long time ago and it is up to these companies to come up with something fresh. 

In reality, they are all guilty of borrowing/stealing ideas from each other, but usually there is some sort of deal in place to prevent any need for lawsuits. For some reason the Android team missed the memo. 

Just an FYI to all the haters (of your company of choice), these lawsuits probably cost millions and it would be silly to think that they are being brought about without a lot of data/facts that we know less about than they do.

You can stomp your feet and huff and puff, but the law is the law (crappy as it is) and companies have to play by the rules.

The circus is in town, the show has begun…

Damn u M$ you’re just like APPLE another greedy company afraid of sales. But you’re Windows 7 phones aren’t doing so good. Their just mad that GOOGLE purchase them and they won’t be able to make any Windows phone for them.

However screwed up it is, MS may be in the best position of all in regard to some of these patent fights, as looking back at their mobile OS most companies making touchscreen smartphones have stolen quite a great deal from what they did/bought.

Sad that there seems to be more news about litigations in the tech space than actual…tech

Motorola has been making cellular phones for years, long before Microsoft even got into mobile devices, and suddenly Microsoft brings out a lawsuit against them just as they’ve been bought by Google?

What a joke. This is a clear case to use scare tactics and frivolous legal claims to somehow stall Android growth just in time for Microsoft to release their more “polished” Windows Phone 7.5 devices this fall.

Doesn’t really matter though. Between the ongoing success of iOS and Android, Microsoft is going to need everything they got to push Windows Phone 7.5 to the masses. It’s been out for a year as it is (Windows Phone 7.0) and consumers haven’t really cared much for it. 

Outside of a wireless carrier store, I’ve never seen one Windows Phone device in anyone’s hands.

Good luck with that Microsoft… Clearly this is a frivilous lawsuit aimed to only impact the Google/Motorola merger deal. But here is the issue…. it won’t work as Motorola has the patents YOU need. You should have concetrated more on innovation instead of stiffling Google…. because just like Apple, you to will soon be extinct if you don’t keep up with the times.

I hate patenttrolls

You are a patenttroll Microsoft, Who have had the monopoly for too long

“Motorola Mobility is infringing on seven of its patents related to how a user interacts with calendars, contacts, email and more”

Interacts with calendars? how can you patent anything like that?

Software patents are stupid and companies like Microsoft are destroying innovation and competition.

MS is getting really desperate. Trying to slow down Android until they themselves can actually ship WP that will sell (current WP sales are in the tatters).

You can patent the way a user interacts with a calendar?  What if someone were to patent the way a user interacts with a paper desktop calendar?  They could stop production of the entire economic system because nobody could look or write on a calendar, make notes or anything.  This patent shit has to stop.  You shouldn’t be able to patent “methods” that you can’t or won’t bring to market.

M$ just as mad as APPLE would do anything to stop Android. What ever happened to competition?

And Motorola been making phones way before M$ started.

“ITC expects to conclude its investigation of the matter by March 5th.”

Mobiles devs: In your gov’t agencies, clogging it with procedures.

They’re  stifling competition, failing to innovate, hurting consumers………. Damn that Appl……er…….I mean Microsoft!

I’ve said it for days. They should simply call it Microsoft Android, end of story. The way you can do patents here is completely ridiculous. You can even patent a mouse click or an image popping up. Nowadays, you can’t do anything without paying anyone royalties.

funny that MS is suing Motorola on Cellphone patents. I thought Motorola invented (or at least was one of the first to productize)  cellphones…

Microsoft was slowly working their way back into my list of companies I liked, but I should have known better that to make brash assumptions about a company’s ethics. Better to be just another in crowd and add the the chaos of the patent wars Apple started. It’s sad that such a growing industry is hindering itself instead of innovating itself. Microsoft will have their hands full with Motorola, considering the giant vault of patents Motorola has been sitting on for years. Good luck Microsoft and have fun in the “I’m not buying” category with your best friend Apple.

So many people post when they don’t understand the issues, history or reality of the situation.

This litigation is based on discussions that are well over a year old.  It is not new and has nothing to do with Google/Moto potential acquisition.

Yes the US patent system sucks and needs to be revised for S/W BUT companies must use the current laws not obey ones that geeks think should be real.

MS never sued Moto in the past because they were a Windows Mobile and then Windows Phone partner so they got a “free ride”.  Once they dropped MS and focused on a competitive product, why wouldn’t MS go after them?

Moto never sued MS for the same reasons, now they are.  Doesn’t this make sense?

Microsoft indemnifies every Windows Phone OEM so if they get sued, MS will defend them at no cost.
Google will not do this for Android.  That should give you a hint about the strength of the Android patent safety net.

Motorola and MS may very well end up with cross licensing but it is up to the courts to decide who is in the right here not blindly brand loyal commenters.

The product that really needs to be developed and patented is a “blog comment filter”.  This should delete all non-rational, derogatory and non-intellectually contributing comments from sites like this.  I would support a S/W patent on that and only use sites that paid them the royalty they richly deserve.