A Microsoft lawsuit against Motorola Mobility went to trial on Tuesday in Judge James Robart’s U.S. District Court of Western Washington’s courtroom. The case is focused on allegations made two years ago by Microsoft that Motorola Mobility demanded unreasonable royalty rates for its patented wireless and video standards standards-essential technologies. Motorola had demanded that Microsoft pay 2.25 percent of the price of each product implementing the standards. Microsoft’s position is that it should only have to pay 5 US cents per product.
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Microsoft, Motorola FRAND Clash Goes to Trial
Posted by: Erika Morphy November 14, 2012 08:57 AMA Microsoft lawsuit against Motorola Mobility went to trial on Tuesday in Judge James Robart’s U.S. District Court of Western Washington’s courtroom. The case is focused on allegations made two years ago by Microsoft that Motorola Mobility demanded unreasonable royalty rates for its patented wireless and video standards standards-essential technologies. Motorola had demanded that Microsoft pay 2.25 percent of the price of each product implementing the standards. Microsoft’s position is that it should only have to pay 5 US cents per product.