Reuters: Technology News: Microsoft wins ruling against Motorola over texting

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Microsoft wins ruling against Motorola over texting May 24th 2012, 17:58 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Huawei seeks EU action against InterDigital patent fees 7:20am EDT Jury deals big blow to Oracle in Android case versus Google Wed, May 23 2012 Google names new Motorola Mobility CEO Tue, May 22 2012 EU offers Google last chance in antitrust case Mon, May 21 2012 Apple, Samsung CEOs in U.S. court talks on patents Mon, May 21 2012 Analysis & Opinion SCOTUS to Federal Circuit: Think harder about what's patentable Perfect 10 CEO: Porno troll or copyright crusader (or both)? A worker prepares the logo on the Microsoft stand at the CeBIT computer fair in Hanover February 27, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Tobias Schwarz FRANKFURT | Thu May 24, 2012 1:58pm EDT FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A German regional court ruled in a hearing on Thursday that Motorola Mobility infringed Microsoft patents by offering the option on its mobile phones to send a longer text in a batch of several messages. "We're pleased the court agreed today that Motorola has infringed Microsoft's intellectual property, and we hope Motorola will be willing to join other Android device makers by taking a license to our patents," Microsoft said in a statement, referring to Google's Android operating system for mobile phones. Motorola, which was recently bought by Google, said: "We expect a written decision from the court on June 1 and upon review, will explore all options including appeal." The two companies are fighting each other in courts across the globe, as are several other makers of devices including Apple, over the intellectual property of software features offered in the latest smart phones and gadgets. In another case, the same regional court in the city of Munich on Thursday rejected a complaint by Microsoft against Motorola Mobility's use of a software feature called program localization. Motorola Mobility, in turn, is currently suing Microsoft in the U.S. over features in the Xbox gaming console. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde and Jens Hack; Writing by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Will Waterman) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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