The court revoked 13 patent claims by Motorola to Microsoft

Microsoft defeated Motorola Mobility, owned by Google, after the court immediately revoked 13 patent claims in a multi-year dispute over licensing fees related to H.264. The battle in the US and German courts included three patents (7,310,374, 7,310,375, and 7,310,376), which Motorola licenses Microsoft for several products, including Xbox 360, Windows and Windows Phone.

The essence of the dispute, of course, is how much Microsoft should pay. Motorola wanted to get $ 4 billion a year, while Microsoft believes that this figure violates the FRAND standards, suggesting that $ 1 million a year would be a more reasonable amount.

This Wednesday, with a 28-page decision, Judge James Robart satisfied Microsoft’s request for partial satisfaction of the claim and ruled that many of Motorola’s claims are inappropriate. company patents are not clearly defined.

Based on the current state of affairs, Florian Mueller from FOSS Patents believes that the rate will soon be finalized, and it is likely to be close to a couple hundred thousand dollars a year - a result that could weaken Google’s position in discussions of royalty fees with other companies and also devalue the $ 12.5 billion that Google has spent on Motorola Mobility’s intellectual property.