04 October 2010 | Author: N. Hamilton Media copywriter
There's a rumble in the smart phone sphere - and things are getting ugly.
Software giant Microsoft is suing Motorola, and claims that the mobile company has infringed nine of Microsoft's patents with its range of Android smartphones.
BBC News reports the software giant has argued that Motorola based its Android smart phones on Microsoft-patented technology - and uses patented Microsoft software that synchronises emails, calendars and contacts.
Filing suits with the Federal Court and the International Trade Commission, Microsoft claims Motorola licensed some of Microsoft's mobile technology between 2003 and 2007, and has continued to use the technology in the years that have followed, only without renewing the associated licenses.
In a week that's also seen Apple begin legal proceedings against Nokia and Samsung pull its support for Symbian,it would seem as though spectators on the ring-side are in for quite a show as multiple smart phone heavyweights take to the legal arena in a show of intellectual-property muscle.
A Motorola spokeswoman said that whilst the company had yet to be given a copy of the lawsuit brought against them, it planned to mount a 'vigorous defence' drawing upon its long-established portfolio of intellectual property.
Whilst search giant Google is said to be disgruntled by Microsoft's move, with an official statement reading: "While we are not a party to this lawsuit, we stand behind the Android platform and the partners who have helped us to develop it."
However, legal eagles have been quick to suggest that multiple copyright rows occurring between industry heavyweights may be part of a wider ploy to 'force a resolution' on smart phone technology, which is becoming ever more valuable as more mobile savvy users want to browse on the go.
Head of intellectual property at Charles Russell Patrick Gearon said of Apple's impending lawsuit, "These patents refer to smart phone processes which are extraordinarily valuable now. Apple could be ramping things up to force some kind of resolution."
The lawsuit will no doubt overshadow the roll out of Microsoft's Windows 7 phone, which is due for an imminent UK release.
Microsoft sues Motorola in latest smart phone shakedown
There's a rumble in the smart phone sphere - and things are getting ugly. Software giant Microsoft is suing Motorola, and claims that the mobile company has infringed nine of Microsoft's patents with its range of Android smartphones.
BBC News reports the software giant has argued that Motorola based its Android smart phones on Microsoft-patented technology - and uses patented Microsoft software that synchronises emails, calendars and contacts.
Filing suits with the Federal Court and the International Trade Commission, Microsoft claims Motorola licensed some of Microsoft's mobile technology between 2003 and 2007, and has continued to use the technology in the years that have followed, only without renewing the associated licenses.
In a week that's also seen Apple begin legal proceedings against Nokia and Samsung pull its support for Symbian,it would seem as though spectators on the ring-side are in for quite a show as multiple smart phone heavyweights take to the legal arena in a show of intellectual-property muscle.
A Motorola spokeswoman said that whilst the company had yet to be given a copy of the lawsuit brought against them, it planned to mount a 'vigorous defence' drawing upon its long-established portfolio of intellectual property.
Whilst search giant Google is said to be disgruntled by Microsoft's move, with an official statement reading: "While we are not a party to this lawsuit, we stand behind the Android platform and the partners who have helped us to develop it."
However, legal eagles have been quick to suggest that multiple copyright rows occurring between industry heavyweights may be part of a wider ploy to 'force a resolution' on smart phone technology, which is becoming ever more valuable as more mobile savvy users want to browse on the go.
Head of intellectual property at Charles Russell Patrick Gearon said of Apple's impending lawsuit, "These patents refer to smart phone processes which are extraordinarily valuable now. Apple could be ramping things up to force some kind of resolution."
The lawsuit will no doubt overshadow the roll out of Microsoft's Windows 7 phone, which is due for an imminent UK release.
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