Microsoft wins patent injunction against Google’s Motorola in Germany
Author: Jamie Colby
A German regional court has issued an injunction against Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility based on claims that it infringed one of Microsoft’s patents. FOSS Patents reports that Motorola is banned from selling Android devices that infringe on EP1304891, a patent that covers “communicating multi-part messages between cellular devices using a standardized interface” and is held by Microsoft. This means that Android’s messaging system would need to be changed to work around the patent, a more difficult challenge than HTC faced when it redesigned its own Android build after an Apple suit.
The court issued the injunction but hasn’t yet decided whether Motorola violated the patent, so this isn’t a definitive ruling. Motorola, meanwhile, is…
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