The European Commission has opened two formal investigations of Motorola in response to grievances Apple and Microsoft filed against the company. The licensing fees Motorola charges for patented technologies used in products like the iPhone and Xbox are set unfairly high, the companies have alleged. The EC approved Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility in February — with a warning that it would be watching to make sure Google did not abuse its newly expanded patent portfolio. The deal has also been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, but it is still pending in other countries, including China.
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EU Puts Motorola on the Hot Seat
Posted by: Erika Morphy April 4, 2012 05:00 AMThe European Commission has opened two formal investigations of Motorola in response to grievances Apple and Microsoft filed against the company. The licensing fees Motorola charges for patented technologies used in products like the iPhone and Xbox are set unfairly high, the companies have alleged. The EC approved Google’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility in February — with a warning that it would be watching to make sure Google did not abuse its newly expanded patent portfolio. The deal has also been approved by the U.S. Department of Justice, but it is still pending in other countries, including China.