Motorola is not likely to escape as cleanly because it would really like from Microsoft's patent suit campaign. Microsoft has prosecuted Motorola once again in Germany, only this time around it's fighting a far more direct combat Motorola's owner Google. The suit claims that Motorola products violate a patent to take map information in one set and protecting it with data from another -- a method that describes Google Maps, as well as just about any internet-connected mapping system we all know. Particulars aren't yet readily available for the products allegedly in danger, however the accusation will make it tougher for Google, Motorola or both to merely code round the problem when they lose. Without doubt Microsoft is relying on exactly that obstacle to achieve the RAZR maker fall consistent with everybody else and have a license only for using Android.
Update: As patent situation analyst Florian Mueller notes from his first-hands account, Microsoft silently filed the suit in April and received its first court today. That isn't the greatest news, however: Microsoft amended the suit to incorporate Google itself. While that's virtually necessary under German law to obtain the testimony Microsoft wants, additionally, it means an uncommon (otherwise unique) demonstration of Microsoft attacking Google directly in the court, instead of fighting proxy battles through Android hardware partners.
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