Motorola Mobility has come out victoriously in its attempt to block Microsoft from importing Xbox 360 game consoles.
The company won a U.S. International Trade Commission judge David Shaw's ruling that bolsters its chances of blocking imports of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Xbox gaming system from entering the U.S. said in a report by Bloomberg.
Judge David Shaw stated that Microsoft was at fault as it violated nearly all of Motorola's five patents. The patents involved were one for establishing communication between the Xbox gaming console with its accessories. Two of the patents are relevant to video decoding while the other two were related to Wi-Fi technology. The ruling is not final as a six-person panel still has to review the case by August 23.
"Microsoft continues to infringe Motorola Mobility's patent portfolio, and we remain confident in our position," said Becki Leonard, a spokeswoman for Motorola Mobility, in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg.
"This case was filed in response to Microsoft's litigate-first patent attack strategy, and we look forward to the full commission's ruling in August," Leonard added.
In a report by DigitalTrends, the patents violated by Microsoft involve technology that works with video compression and utilizing Wi-Fi connections.
Motorola licenses the technology to its partners and its technology patents are labelled as industry standards. Microsoft has claimed that licensing obligations were broken.
In response to the judgement, Microsoft also released a statement to Bloomberg, "The recommendation by the administrative law judge is the first step in the process leading to the commission's final ruling. We remain confident the commission will ultimately rule in Microsoft's favor in this case and that Motorola will be held to its promise to make its standard-essential patents available on fair and reasonable terms."
It may be noted that Motorola filed the case against Microsoft back in 2010. Disputes between the two companies arose when Microsoft charged Motorola for infringing its rights on Google Android OS running on several of its handsets.
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