Xbox 360 ban: Microsoft rejects Motorola settlement
The Xbox firm is feverishly trying to escape one of the most disastrous legal rulings imposed on the company in its thirty-seven-year history, after the International Trade Commission (ITC) was advised in May to ban the import and sale of Xbox 360 systems in the United States unless the dispute was settled.
At the heart of the legal war is a patented Motorola Mobility technology - called ActiveSync - that Microsoft uses across a number of devices and technologies such as Windows 7, Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player and Xbox 360 S.
In its settlement offer, Motorola Mobility has asked for a royalty of 2.25 per cent on each Xbox sale, and $0.50 per copy of Windows, that use its patented technology. Microsoft has rejected this offer, though the company is running out of room for negotiation.
In April, Judge David Shaw said Microsoft should be handed a cease-and-desist order on sales of Xbox 360 Slim consoles across America unless the dispute was settled. He claimed that Microsoft should also be banned from importing the console from China, and pay Motorola Mobility 7 per cent of the value of any unsold systems remaining in US stores.
The ITC commissioners can either allow the initial determination stand, or amend certain terms, or send it back for a rewrite. If Shaw's recommendation is enacted, President Barack Obama will have 60 days to review the decision.
Apple and Activision are two of several US firms opposing the ITC's recommendation to ban Xbox 360 in the US on the basis of a complex patent dispute.
The legal war between Microsoft and Motorola Mobility - fought in courtrooms in Germany, the US and an ITC panel - has proven to be extraordinarily expensive for both parties. A Seattle judge recently claimed that attorney fees already spent "could finance a small country".
Microsoft alleges that Motorola Mobility breached contract by demanding "unreasonable licensing fees" for use of the patents. It argued that it would have needed to spend some $4 billion each year to cover licensing costs.
Motorola's counter-claim is that Microsoft gave up its right to negotiate on the royalty rate as soon as it began lawsuit action.
In April, a court in Germany declared Microsoft consoles should be banned across the country. This verdict will not come into effect until the US lawsuit is concluded.
Microsoft, which has defied all major outcomes of the case, has warned the ITC that banning Xbox 360 across the US would not serve the public interest, because it would leave the market with a choice between PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii.
Shaw rejected the argument, claiming that enforcing intellectual property rights takes precedence.
Most Xbox 360s in the US are imported from China - a business practice considered vital in driving down production costs.
Motorola Mobility was recently acquired by Google.
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/354709/xbox-360-ban-microsoft-rejects-motorola-settlement/
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FPS_RyanPosted:
TTG_Flair can they please end this thing and move on with there lives
Big corporations will fight for every bit of money they can get.
ImaginePosted:
I'm just confused on what Motorola does for xbox? o.O
I thought it was a cell phone company..... I'm dumb. If someone can explain that would be great.
I thought it was a cell phone company..... I'm dumb. If someone can explain that would be great.
JFROPosted:
IFEAREDHEROI No more yanks on xbox XD !!! EXCITED!!
too bad millions of Americans already own an Xbox idiot
DubblePosted:
TTG_Flairxboxgamer12002IFEAREDHEROI No more yanks on xbox XD !!! EXCITED!!
hey **** xbox was orginal designed in the us so if it wasnt for the us u brit **** wouldnt have it
watch your language there are 13 year olds on TTG
Thats why theres a **** censor :)
SmurfsPosted:
TTG_Flairxboxgamer12002IFEAREDHEROI No more yanks on xbox XD !!! EXCITED!!
hey **** xbox was orginal designed in the us so if it wasnt for the us u brit **** wouldnt have it
watch your language there are 13 year olds on TTG
Yeah seriously man.
xboxgamer12002Posted:
IFEAREDHEROI No more yanks on xbox XD !!! EXCITED!!
hey retard xbox was orginal designed in the us so if it wasnt for the us u brit Pricks wouldnt have it
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