German court rules Motorola phones infringe Microsoft patent

by geekzhang on 2013-05-03 13:37:19

According to the evening news on April 25, Beijing time, the Higher Regional Court of Munich, Germany ruled on Thursday that Motorola Mobility's Android phones infringed on Microsoft's text messaging patent.Microsoft's patent technology mainly allows mobile phones to split and send longer short messages composed by the sender, effectively solving the problem of sending long messages. Judge Wilhelm Schneider (Wilhelm Schneider) of the court said that the court had rejected Motorola Mobility's appeal and required Motorola Mobility to bear the corresponding court costs.Spokesman for Microsoft, Thomas Baumgartner (Thomas Baumgartner), said: "This ruling bans Motorola Mobility from selling Android phones in Germany, we are pleased that the higher regional court has upheld the previous ruling of the local court."As early as May 2012, a lower local court in Munich had ruled that Motorola Mobility infringed on Microsoft's text message patent. Afterward, Motorola Mobility's infringing products were banned from being sold in Germany.Regarding this ruling, Motorola Mobility has not yet made any comments. Baumgartner said, "We hope that Motorola Mobility can reach a licensing agreement with Microsoft." Previously, Samsung and HTC and other Android phone manufacturers have reached relevant technical licensing agreements with Microsoft. (Li Ming)