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US: Piece of Microsoft, Google patent wars nears resolution

By  |  March 25, 2013

An administrative judge at the International Trade Commission has stated that Microsoft has not violated a Motorola Mobility patent in Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console. The judge made the remarks about four months ahead of a scheduled ITC final decision on the matter. The Motorola patent is owned by Google. Motorola previously accused Microsoft of infringing five patents, but four of those complaints have been dropped since they were first filed in 2010. The one remaining reportedly allows various devices to wirelessly transmit information over a short distance. A spokesperson for Google emailed a statement saying the company is “disappointed” in the ITC’s decision. If found to have infringed the patent, Microsoft could have been barred from importing Xboxes to the US.

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