周一,美国国际贸易委员会延长了一个星期的最后期限,以决定是否对审查微软的Xbox较早确定的专利纠纷与摩托罗拉移动。
ITC行政法官大卫·肖已建议对Xbox游戏机的禁令在美国该委员会早先计划在周一决定是否审查Shaw的决心。
当天早些时候,微软带来了作为“补充,新发行当局”执政上周在由法官理查德·波斯纳的伊利诺伊州联邦法院,并表示支持其立场,即公共利益的重量对在调查中签发排除令相对于由摩托罗拉公司拥有的专利是标准的必要,而摩托罗拉合同承诺授予任何和自由,合理,nonAdiscriminatory(FRAND)条款的相关标准的所有使用者。
波斯纳法官裁定上周in a separate case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that Apple cannot seek an injunction against Motorola in its smartphone patents lawsuit, throwing out the case "with prejudice," meaning that neither side can refile, although the ruling could be appealed. Posner, an appellate court judge, was designated to hear the claim.
微软引用波斯纳法官的摩托罗拉试图获得对苹果的禁令与被许可的FRAND条款,专利的意见。
“通过承诺许可其在FRAND条款的专利,摩托罗拉致力于许可[专利]任何人愿意支付FRAND使用费,从而含蓄地承认,特许权使用费足够补偿的许可使用该专利”,法官写道。“?这怎么可能,否则做怎么可能被允许使用,它辩称,如果它想使与UMTS电信能力的手机苹果必须使用的发明责令苹果 - 没有它,它不会是一部手机。”
波斯纳法官还引用并通过了公共利益在其声明由美国联邦贸易委员会所采取的ITC之前,本月初提交的位置,即在标准的必要专利禁令或排除令为荣,公共利益,微软说。
FTCsaid that ITC's issuance of an exclusion or cease and desist order in matters involving implementation of standards-essential patents, that were committed to be licensed on FRAND terms, has the potential to cause substantial harm to U.S. competition, consumers and innovation.a" FTC made the submission in the context of the ITC investigation into Motorola Mobility's charges of patent infringement against Apple and Microsoft. A number of U.S. Congressmen和高科技公司也采取了类似立场。