Google, Microsoft Resolve Patent Fight Over Phones, Xbox
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-30/google-microsoft-resolve-global-patent-fight-over-phones-xbox
Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to end their
long-running patent feud over smartphones and video game systems,
dropping about 20 lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany. The two
companies, which didn't disclose financial terms, have been
litigating over technology innovations for five years. Google's
former Motorola Mobility unit had been demanding royalties on the
Xbox video-gaming system, and Microsoft had sought to block Motorola
mobile phones from using certain features. The companies pledged in
a statement to work together in other ways related to intellectual
property, including development of a royalty-free, video-compression
technology to speed downloads, in an initiative that also involves
Amazon.com Inc. and Netflix Inc. They will also lobby for specific
rules on a unified patent system throughout Europe.
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