Motorola Mobility will not be able to gain an injunction against the sales of Microsoft products in the US, even if it wins its patent lawsuit against the Windows developer, a US judge has ruled.
The two companies accuse each other of infringing their respective patents, with Motorola’s claim centering on patents essential to H.264 (video codec) and IEEE 802.11 (WiFi, or WLAN) standards.
Judge James Robard of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington said that if Motorola was successful, monetary damages would be satisfactory as it has committed to submitting its intellectual property to various standards bodies.
Earlier this year, Motorola was granted an injunction in Germany that prevented Microsoft from distributing Windows 7 and the Xbox 360 in the country. However, it was not implemented in the US.
Google bought Motorola Mobility earlier this year for £7.7 billion, partly to gain access to the manufacturer’s catalogue of communications patents. The Android developer is currently engaged in patent litigation with Apple, whose claim that Motorola was seeking excessive royalty payments was thrown out last month.
Both Apple and Microsoft have filed complaints with the European Commission against Motorola Mobility accusing it of using its FRAND patents to block sales.
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