Microsoft Threatened to pay billions of Dollars to Google
Because wearing a number of patented technology in a number of Motorola devices, among other things, Xbox game and tablet Surface, Microsoft software giant threatened to pay a large amount of license fee to Google as the owners of Motorola Mobility.
Google acquires Mobile Motorola last may for $ 12.5 billion US dollars. His motivation among others to master communication-patent portfolio patents owned by the company.
An expert witnesses from the Motorola Mobility Tuesday (20/11/2012) then gave testimony in court Seattle, us, that Microsoft would gain revenue amounting to 94 billion dollars until the year 2017 from sales of products containing the Motorola patents.
A federal court hearing that lasted a week it examines how much the royalties that should be under by Microsoft to Google via the Motorola Mobility.
The Motorola party was demanding an annual royalty payments amounting to 4 billion u.s. dollars from Microsoft for patent-patent technologies with wireless and Motorola video used that company in its products.
On the other hand, Microsoft insisted only need to pay a license fee of 1 million u.s. dollars per year.
When the judge ruled that Google was only entitled to royalties with smaller amounts, patents-patent Motorola lands will lose bargaining position in negotiations with the rival Goolge license.
The patent war
Growing smartphone industry has triggered a series of patent war between the major players involved in this business.
The dispute is based on reason and technology ownership rights to a specific design.
Apple and Microsoft hostile in court throughout the world against Google and the internet giant's partners, including Samsung Electronics, which use Google's Android operating system hosts in the device.
Apple pointed allusion to Android as the operating system iOS hers, while Microsoft claims to have the rights to a number of features used Android.
In return, Motorola and some other Android device manufacturers launched similar lawsuits.
