German court ruled that Motorola did not infringe Microsoft patents

Dispatch of sina science and technology Beijing time on October 5, the evening news.German Mannheim District Court on Friday ruled that Motorola Mobility did not infringe Microsoft's patents. This is a rare victory for Motorola Mobile.Plastic Cases

Microsoft's patent allows the application to run on a different phone. In this way, developers can avoid writing different code for each phone, to save time and development costs.Silicon Cases

Today, Germany has become the main battlefield of the world's mobile phones and tablet computers and other equipment manufacturers to institute patent litigation, because litigation costs are relatively low, and the court's ruling faster.Cases for iPhone

In Germany, Microsoft had already won three lawsuits. Therefore, the retrenched infringement of Motorola mobile phone will not be sold in the German market. For Friday's ruling, Microsoft Deputy General Counsel David Howard (David Howard) said: "The ruling will not affect Microsoft had won victory."Protectors for iPad

Google last year to $ 12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which is the maximum amount of M & A transactions in the history of Google. The Google The aim Motorola's mobile patents to protect the Android camp against competitors prosecution, while expanding the business outside of the software. Earphones for iPhone, iPad