Google’s plan for using Motorola patents as a protection against Android-related lawsuits is looking more and more like a bust. Reuters reports that a jury this week has awarded Microsoft $14 million in damages after it sided with the company in a patent dispute with the Google-owned Motorola. Reuters says that Microsoft’s legal team successfully convinced the jury that Google and Motorola were not licensing out standard-essential patents at a fair and reasonable rate. Earlier this year, a judge denied Motorola’s bid to extract $4 billion from Microsoft to license its standard-essential patents. What’s more, the value of Motorola’s patent portfolio was dealt a blow late last year after Google agreed with the Federal Trade Commission late last year to not use its industry standard Motorola patents as weapons in intellectual property suits.
Microsoft beats Motorola in $14 million patent verdict
Published Sep 5th, 2013 7:45PM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
