A United States judge for the International Trade Commission, David Shaw, recently ruled against Microsoft in a case of patent infringement which resulted in his suggestion of a Us sales ban of the Xbox 360. Motorola was claiming that Microsoft fringed upon wireless device patents that were placed inside their 4Gb and 250Gb Xbox 360 slim hardware.
Now, Motorola has recently offered a settlement proposal to Microsoft, that was quickly rejected by the company. Motorola proposed that they would pay Microsoft 33 cents for every Android sold, but Microsoft would be required to pay Motorola 2.25% of each Xbox sold, and 50 cents for each copy of windows. Microsoft claims that their reasons for rejecting the settlement proposal is the that the royalty rate requested drastically exceeds the market rates and would be an unfair set of terms.
The International Trade Commission has already recommended an import ban on all Android devices with ActiveSync and...
Now, Motorola has recently offered a settlement proposal to Microsoft, that was quickly rejected by the company. Motorola proposed that they would pay Microsoft 33 cents for every Android sold, but Microsoft would be required to pay Motorola 2.25% of each Xbox sold, and 50 cents for each copy of windows. Microsoft claims that their reasons for rejecting the settlement proposal is the that the royalty rate requested drastically exceeds the market rates and would be an unfair set of terms.
The International Trade Commission has already recommended an import ban on all Android devices with ActiveSync and...
- 6/23/2012
- by Michael Shelton
- Obsessed with Film
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