US Court Says Motorola Can't Enforce Microsoft Injunction In Germany

Posted by timothy on Friday September 28, 2012 @10:11PM from the was-meinst-du? dept.

First time accepted submitter Chris453 writes "A U.S. appeals court on Friday ruled that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit cannot enforce a patent injunction that it obtained against Microsoft Corp in Germany, diminishing Google's leverage in the ongoing smartphone patent wars. Motorola won an injunction against Microsoft in May using their H.264 patents. Apparently the U.S. federal justices in California have worldwide jurisdiction over all court cases — Who knew? Maybe that is why Apple keeps winning lawsuits..."

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Time to use the ruling against Microsoft.... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-09-28 22:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

By using the ExFat patents without a license and then claiming:
'Microsoft's patents are standard, essential parts of software and Microsoft is asking far too much in royalties for their use.'