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Court bans Microsoft products from German market May 2nd 2012, 09:09 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Microsoft eyes tablet lift via Barnes & Noble deal Mon, Apr 30 2012 Nintendo's hard choices for a soft landing Wed, Apr 25 2012 Nokia, HTC win European patent ruling Wed, Apr 25 2012 Oracle confronts Google's Schmidt about Java Tue, Apr 24 2012 Apple infringes on Motorola Mobility patent: ITC judge Tue, Apr 24 2012 Analysis & Opinion Essential reading: Microsoft's Nevada tax break, debating Apple's tax rate, and more Who won Microsoft v. Barnes & Noble patent litigation? Microsoft Xbox 360 gaming console units are shown for sale at a Microsoft retail store in San Diego January 18, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake MANNHEIM, Germany | Wed May 2, 2012 4:41am EDT MANNHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Wednesday that Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents in making its popular Xbox gaming consoles. Judge Holger Kircher said Microsoft breached an agreement with Motorola, which is in the process of being bought by Google, by applying certain video-compression software in products including Windows 7 and the Xbox 360 videogame console. In the ruling, the judge ordered Microsoft to remove its popular game console as well as its Windows 7 operating system software from the German market. The ruling followed a similar decision last week when a judge for the U.S. International Trade Commission said Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents for technology such as wireless connections for the Xbox to the Internet and video compression to speed transmission. Technology companies have invested billions of dollars in buying up patent portfolios that they can use defensively or offensively against rivals and spent still more money litigating in the United States and Europe. The ruling is expected to have little impact for its Microsoft's European operations as it is already moving its European software distribution centre to the Netherlands from Germany in anticipation of adverse judgments in the patent trial. A spokeswoman for Microsoft said the outcome was "disappointing" but added the group would decide at a later stage on whether to appeal. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde; Editing by Greg Mahlich) 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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