Microsoft v. Google patent trial wraps up.

A final testimonies in a week-long trial through which Google has sought up to $4 billion a year in royalties from Microsoft get wrapped up. In a trial that could decide the amount leverage the patent library obtained over the purchase of Motorola last calendar year affords Google, an expert witness testified that will Microsoft will earns nearly $94 billion with all the company’s patented technology through 2017.

Eileen Dansky of Motorola Mobility built the claim, siting sales involving Microsoft’s Xbox and newly unveiled Surface tablet, as well as being a wireless adaptor no longer manufactured by the company. How far back in its history his calculations extend are cloudy.

Microsoft is arguing that essentially it should pay Google somewhat over $1 million per year for the licensing agreement, but the decision individuals District Judge James Robert will extend beyond a fairly easy monetary value. The trial wrapping up in a Seattle courtroom is just about the first instances that see Google looking to use its Motorola patents to strong-arm competition. A ruling in Microsoft’s like could significantly weaken Google’s capacity of pursue other claims based on the proprietary wireless technology.

In the testimony, Dansky asserted that without the application of Motorola’s tech, Microsoft would “have a painful time selling smartphones or supplements, ” a warning that extends beyond your initial foundation of the suit because Windows Phone maker pushes further in the mobile market.


Judge Robert will take the subsequent few weeks to mull over the hearings and also additional briefs submitted by your parties involved before delivering a new verdict. In the meantime, we can all expect the next phase of yet another monumental patent suit: Apple versus. Samsung.